payphone

/ ˈpeɪˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a public telephone operated by coins or a phonecard

Example Sentences

Around 11 p.m. on the night of the infamous Tyson fight, Landrum spotted Alarcon on a payphone outside a Hawthorne tire store, according to the suit.

From Los Angeles Times

"And all the way thinking 'No, don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it.' But it was like I could not control myself. I had to get to the payphone."

From BBC

Inspired by projects like the wind phone, a disconnected payphone in a garden in Ōtsuchi, Japan, where people can call the deceased, Ketcher decided to just do it herself.

From Los Angeles Times

I had to be told how to use the payphone.

From Seattle Times

The thought of sitting on my feelings for eight long weeks at camp, where my communication was limited to letters and a precious few payphone calls, was unbearable.

From Los Angeles Times