crank call
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“We used to crank call our own record label.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
“A lot of those hair metal bands would leave their phone numbers on their ads. So we would crank call groups like Poison.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
When the listener identified himself, Plotz thought it was a crank call.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2015
“I was quite nervous about it,” she recalled, although the reception was positive, save for a single crank call.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012
“They have to verify that it’s not a crank call before they send a helicopter, they said.”
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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