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Definition of Telephone box
1. Noun. Booth for using a telephone.
Generic synonyms: Booth, Cubicle, Kiosk, Stall
Definition of Telephone box
1. Noun. (British and Ireland) A small enclosure housing a public telephone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephone Box
Literary usage of Telephone box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Reports by Detroit (Mich, Detroit (Mich.) (1889)
"1st— At 3.52 P. M,, telephone, box 148. Lafayette avenue railroad bridge. ...
2d— At 1.25 AM, telephone, box 241. Fort street railroad bridge. ..."
2. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard, John Thomas Tompkins, Amon Bronson (1915)
"This metal disc is screwed to the wood of the telephone box. The flat springs s,
s press with soft rubber feet against the diaphragm a, preventing any ..."
3. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard (1911)
"This metal disc is screwed to the wood of the telephone box. The flat springs s,
s press with soft rubber feet against the diaphragm a, preventing any ..."
4. American Electrical Cases (cited Am Electl. Cas.): Being a Collection of All by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1910)
"In the watch tower there was what is called in the record " a block signal
telephone box," which is a part of a line of railroad telephone used by the ..."
5. Brief Upon Pleadings in Civil Actions: At Law, in Equity, and Under the New by Austin Abbott, Asa W. Russell (1904)
"... and a telephone box in and affixed to the house for the use of its residents,"
and that plaintiff removed said telephone box after he conveyed the ..."
6. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"A policeman, who was about to report as it was his duty to do, placed hie key in
the telephone box in order to open the same. He received a shock whereby he ..."
7. Annual Reports by Detroit (Mich, Detroit (Mich.) (1889)
"1st— At 3.52 P. M,, telephone, box 148. Lafayette avenue railroad bridge. ...
2d— At 1.25 AM, telephone, box 241. Fort street railroad bridge. ..."
8. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard, John Thomas Tompkins, Amon Bronson (1915)
"This metal disc is screwed to the wood of the telephone box. The flat springs s,
s press with soft rubber feet against the diaphragm a, preventing any ..."
9. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard (1911)
"This metal disc is screwed to the wood of the telephone box. The flat springs s,
s press with soft rubber feet against the diaphragm a, preventing any ..."
10. American Electrical Cases (cited Am Electl. Cas.): Being a Collection of All by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1910)
"In the watch tower there was what is called in the record " a block signal
telephone box," which is a part of a line of railroad telephone used by the ..."
11. Brief Upon Pleadings in Civil Actions: At Law, in Equity, and Under the New by Austin Abbott, Asa W. Russell (1904)
"... and a telephone box in and affixed to the house for the use of its residents,"
and that plaintiff removed said telephone box after he conveyed the ..."
12. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"A policeman, who was about to report as it was his duty to do, placed hie key in
the telephone box in order to open the same. He received a shock whereby he ..."
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