pay phone
noun
a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
pay phones
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pluralof pay phone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He also inspired others to do their bit to save the last of the public pay phones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Public pay phones are gaining more attention, too, specifically the old copper-wired variety that still work when storms knock out power lines and cellphone networks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
We lined up for pay phones at rest stops, but nothing was getting through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Journalists are shown in several scenes, lounging in chairs and reading newspapers, dashing for pay phones and gathered around Mr. Early, who is shown with a pipe clenched in his teeth.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
In the evenings kids watched TV or played Ping-Pong and dominoes in the dayroom, or settled in to make phone calls at one of the two pay phones.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
