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land line

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noun

  1. a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Similar disturbances were reported on the land line between Cairo and Khartoum.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023

He views “with romance” the days when bus tokens had holes and he had to call on the land line to reach his friend Philip.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

I remember hearing the land line ring but I can't remember who in my family picked it up.

From BBC ● May 21, 2022

He now has a land line at home and turns off his cell phone at night.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2019

I’ve tried calling Angie about a million times from a land line, and she still hasn’t called me back.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

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