pay phone
a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
Origin of pay phone
1- Also called pay station.
Words Nearby pay phone
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How to use pay phone in a sentence
He headed toward the river, then gathered his wits and started looking for a pay phone.
Sept. 11, 2001: An ordinary work day, then surreal scenes of dread and death | David Maraniss | September 10, 2021 | Washington Post“Civil war has broken out here,” she told a UPI editor after finding a pay phone, “and I’ve got the story!”
Lucinda Franks, Pulitzer-winning journalist and author, dies at 74 | Harrison Smith | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostHe proposed to Joanne in a letter, and she called from a pay phone to accept.
Joanne Rogers, memory-keeper of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ dies at 92 | Emily Langer | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostBack then, reporting rare birds required phoning in observations to a “rare bird phone tree,” usually via the nearest pay phone—and hoping that word got out.
Faith Prince got the message at a pay phone on the corner of 75th Street and Broadway.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“When I use a pay phone, I like to move around, but I also would like to sit, but not completely,” Achille once explained.
15 Most Bonkers Chairs at Pop Art Design in London | Chloë Ashby | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the two brothers would travel as far as Peshawar or even Rawalpindi to use a pay phone.
Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride | Michael Daly | July 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI'm working at home when I get a frantic call from her — from a pay phone at the store in Beverly Hills.
Though both Galicot brothers reside in San Diego, their pay-phone empire appears to be a tangled web that spans continents.
Then he uncoiled himself and ran, downstairs and into the street and to the nearest pay phone.
Sentiment, Inc. | Poul William AndersonSatisfied that Nugent considered the Ewing story dead, Joey left the paper and hurried to a pay-phone.
The Prophetic Camera | John McGreeveyDid he say anything about telling a man about going to a pay phone in the building?
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British Dictionary definitions for payphone
/ (ˈpeɪˌfəʊn) /
a public telephone operated by coins or a phonecard
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