junk call
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of junk call
By analogy with junk mail
Example Sentences
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My caller ID didn’t show a name, I didn’t recognize the number and I thought it was a junk call.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2021
“Do they have the content of that junk call or just the duration of it?”
From MSNBC • Apr. 6, 2015
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