telephone book
noun
a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
telephone books
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pluralof telephone book.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As he scoured telephone books and newspaper obituary pages, Nobleman tracked down some of Finger’s relatives, including a niece who informed him that Fred had in fact married a woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
Early social-networking platforms such as LiveJournal, BlackPlanet, Friendster and MySpace were like self-service telephone books; they gave people the capacity to share stories and converse.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2020
My favorite memory was of Jerry onstage at an upright piano, sitting atop two telephone books, playing the entire score for us.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2019
But the brothers continue to try, following clues on genealogy websites, classmates.com and military websites, as well as telephone books, newspapers and public libraries.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2016
Miss Trixie also hoarded all of the telephone books, which were stored in some cluttered drawer in her desk.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
