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telephone box

British  

noun

  1. Also called: telephone kiosk.   telephone booth.  an enclosure from which a paid telephone call can be made

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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With this, she pushes a button on her spacecraft time machine, the TARDIS, disguised as a police telephone box, which responds by seeming to malfunction.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2017

The enormous red-brick power station was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect behind the familiar British red telephone box and London’s Tate Modern museum.

From Washington Times Oct. 2, 2017

The popular sci-fi series features a Time Lord, known only as The Doctor, who travels through time and space in the Tardis, which resembles a 1960s police telephone box.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2017

A day after Lawrence’s death, a letter listing the names of the people who turned out to be the top suspects in the case was left in a telephone box near the bus stop.

From The Guardian May 30, 2017

They smile as the telephone box disappears into the floor.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

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