telephone booth

a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.

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What does “clement” mean?

Also called, especially British, telephone box .

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

In the telephone-booth the voice of Grace Morris came to me over the wire, not languid now, but quick and imperative.
May Iverson's Career|Elizabeth Jordan
Entering a telephone-booth he called a certain number and a moment later had his connection.
The Efficiency Expert|Edgar Rice Burroughs
He glanced to the drug store and saw the girl coming out of the telephone-booth.
The Girl and The Bill|Bannister Merwin
"Then I'll follow you," said the Captain as he pushed his way through the crowd to the telephone-booth.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice

Then, as he hastened toward a telephone-booth, he ran into a newsboy.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various