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trunk call
noun
, Chiefly British.
- a long-distance phone call.
trunk call
noun
- a long-distance telephone call
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trunk call1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
The Queen sent her first email at an RAF base in 1976 and she made the first direct-dial trunk call from the UK in 1958.
From The Daily Beast
"A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire.
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Send to this address in Putney, verify the fact that Ricardos has a daughter, and give me a trunk call to Brighton.
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He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.
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He could not have looked more amazed if she had demanded a trunk call to Heaven.
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"Trunk call from London; you're through," announced the hotel operator.
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