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rotary dial

American  

noun

  1. dial.


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It’s a lot for consumers to wrap their heads around, said Bueche, who compared gas range aficionados to rotary dial telephone loyalists who’ve never held an iPhone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

At the time, the price for the most basic black rotary dial phone was $19.95, or a bit over $50 in today’s dollars.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2019

Law said other big hits with visitors were rotary dial telephones, teletype machines and military radios.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019

And for a small additional sum of $130, buyers can add a rotary dial that produces “the highly sought after ‘clickity-clack’ sound” that more modern dials forego.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2018

Also, there was a phone in the room, but it had a tiny lock on its rotary dial so that you could not use it without a key.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

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