trunk call

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a long-distance phone call.

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trunk call British  

noun

1. a long-distance telephone call

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Etymology

Origin of trunk call

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

trunk call

That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC ● Jun. 25, 2012

He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.

From The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

A financial editor of a responsible journal does not talk freely with any unknown man who rings him up on a hasty trunk call.

From Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg

When, twenty minutes later, Mr. Jeekes emerged from the trunk call telephone box in the club vestibule, his mouth was drooping at the corners and his hands trembled curiously.

From The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams

Please get me Stevenish one-three-seven," he said, "it's a trunk call.

From The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams

Related Words

• local call
• long-distance call
• phone call
• telephone conversation