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

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trunk call

That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC ● Jun. 25, 2012

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 Williams, Valentine

On the third day, about two in the afternoon, I received a trunk call on the 'phone.

From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William

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 Rittenberg, Max

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

From The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine

Related Words

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