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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She hangs out with Aztec warriors, occupies the shells of old pay phones and even breaks the chains that imprisoned immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The valet at Musso & Frank leads you down that iconic stairway past the kitchen and pay phones like you’re in “Goodfellas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
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
Then a few years ago, he heard about a group called Futel that had installed about 10 public pay phones around Portland, Ore., that could be used by anyone, free of charge.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
Our rooms had no phone lines, but my parents had requested I be placed in a room near one of Culver Creek’s five pay phones.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
