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telephone booth

noun

  1. a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of telephone booth1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Later, police found leaflets in a telephone booth which claimed that Mr. Sossi has been abducted by the “Red Brigades,” and was being held in a “people’s jail.”

The lander, named Odysseus and a bit bigger than a telephone booth, arrived in the south polar region of the moon at 6:23 p.m.

“All in all, attempting to resolve a constitutional issue within the expedited schedule of an election board hearing is somewhat akin to scheduling a two-minute round between heavyweight boxers in a telephone booth,” he wrote.

If qubits get close enough together, Nadkishore explained, they can influence the behavior of their neighbors, almost like a crowd of people trying to squeeze themselves into a telephone booth.

Wood stencil treatments around interior lobby doors and telephone booths consist of incised ornament of native flora and fauna.

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