phone book
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of phone book
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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An image from a prior Epstein files release showed a different, but similar email - [email protected] - listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact titled "Duke of York".
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
I wouldn’t pay to hear her read the proverbial phone book, but I might shell out to hear her sing it, while cracking jokes in between vocalizing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Some liken it to a thick phone book.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
Mostly, it was just very boring, an opinion seemingly shared by Mark Wahlberg, who sounded like he was reading out of the phone book during his prayers.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
One Monday morning I took our local phone book and selected the names of ten major companies.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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