phone book
noun
phone books
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pluralof phone book.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yes, his journalists had used private investigators with databases to legally obtain phone numbers, so they didn't have to leaf through phone books.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
There were photos stashed everywhere, many tucked into the stacks of Yellow Pages phone books in Wally’s bedroom closet, warped and stained from water damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“It took tracking down old newspaper clips, property records and phone books to find any evidence of it at all.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
Over the years, the mill’s products reflected the world’s evolving uses of paper: phone books, carbon-copy paper, paper for large inkjet printers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
He’d used old street maps, phone books, photographs, and video footage for reference, to make everything as authentic and accurate as possible.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
