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a book listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of subscribers in a particular area

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telephone bank, telephone banking, telephone book, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone directory, telephone exchange, telephone number, telephone pole, telephone receiver, telephone selling

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How to use telephone directory in a sentence

After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Once a month he attaches a device to his chest, clamps metal bracelets on his wrists, and hooks the whole thing up to a telephone.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He gives a long telephone interview to nine reporters around the country.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I grew up with Special Forces,” Shadman said during a telephone interview Wednesday.
Special Forces’ $77M ‘Hustler’ Hits Back|Kevin Maurer|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Since 2013, his telecoms company Beijing Xinwei has been awarded several telephone and internet licenses.
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To guide his mind into the channel of the printed exposition, he calls into play the Directory power of the attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Instead of obeying, the officers and men held a mass meeting to draft their remonstrance to the Directory.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The directory of 1780 gave the names of twenty-six jewellers; that of 1880 gives nearly 700, including cognate trades.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
New proposals regarding telephone charges are expected as soon as the Select Committee has reported.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various

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