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
Under the terms of a 1951 good neighbor agreement with France, Monaco uses French electricity, French money, the French railway, and the French telephone system, sends its goods into France duty free.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had the usual trouble with the French telephone system.
From Time Magazine Archive
The machine was invented by French telephone engineers Rene Higgonet and Louis Moyroud, later developed by scientists including Dr. Vannevar Bush, wartime boss of the Office of Scientific Research and Development.
From Time Magazine Archive
The French telephone resembles a dingus for curling the hair.
From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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