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payphone

British  
/ ˈpeɪˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. a public telephone operated by coins or a phonecard

"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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"And all the way thinking 'No, don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it.' But it was like I could not control myself. I had to get to the payphone."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

I had to be told how to use the payphone.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

A payphone sits disused inside the nuclear exclusion zone of Futaba town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

My mother used a payphone to call the store's security office and "confess" to her accidental shoplifting.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

And I used a payphone to call the police.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

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