telephone booth

noun

1. a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telephone booth¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Later, police found leaflets in a telephone booth which claimed that Mr. Sossi has been abducted by the “Red Brigades,” and was being held in a “people’s jail.”

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The lander, named Odysseus and a bit bigger than a telephone booth, arrived in the south polar region of the moon at 6:23 p.m.

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“All in all, attempting to resolve a constitutional issue within the expedited schedule of an election board hearing is somewhat akin to scheduling a two-minute round between heavyweight boxers in a telephone booth,” he wrote.

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If qubits get close enough together, Nadkishore explained, they can influence the behavior of their neighbors, almost like a crowd of people trying to squeeze themselves into a telephone booth.

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Wood stencil treatments around interior lobby doors and telephone booths consist of incised ornament of native flora and fauna.

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