French telephone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of French telephone
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Anyone with a French telephone line could get a Minitel monitor for free and make use of the hybrid public-private network between the late 1970s and 1990s.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2018
He had the usual trouble with the French telephone system.
From Time Magazine Archive
Using the small video terminal that has been provided by the state-owned French telephone company, she punches a few keys and then taps out the words DISCOS�RENNES.
From Time Magazine Archive
A technician for France-Telecom, the French telephone network, was also recruited.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that it works so well; for nowadays even the French telephone system works, more or less.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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