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long distance
[long a.1 + distance n.]
1. attrib. or as quasi-adj. (With hyphen.) Over a relatively great distance; between distant places; used esp. (a) of a telephone call; (b) of a race; (c) of a journey.
1884Whitaker's Almanack 385/1 In America some remarkable trials of long distance telephoning have taken place. 1886Sci. Amer. 2 Oct. 208/2 There is a popular belief that the long distance telephone is crowding the telegraph to the wall. 1887Shearman Athletics (Badm. Libr.) 101 In training for long-distance races, in which category we should place those at a mile and upwards, [etc.]. Ibid. 103 The long-distance runner is rarely over middle height. 1897[see centurion 3]. 1908Sat. Even. Post 26 Sept. 15/3 A long distance line can only be used by one person at a time. 1919[see ceiling vbl. n. 6 b]. 1923[see all-red adj. (all E. III. 13)]. 1925W. J. Bryan Mem. 487 After the meal he made several long distance telephone calls. 1926Times 6 May 3/4 The following other long-distance trains will also run, calling at the principal stations. 1929Daily Express 7 Nov. 2/5 A Socialist member's resolution urging the nationalisation of railways and long-distance road transport was debated. Ibid. 11/3 The airship has now to compete with the flying boat as a long-distance craft. 1933Discovery Apr. 131/2 The ‘bypath’ system gives faster service on local and long-distance calls. 1934Ibid. Nov. 316/2 This railcar recently set up a world's record for long-distance running. 1934[see door-to-door attrib. s.v. door 8]. 1935Discovery Dec. 352/1 Long-distance flight. 1935G. Greene England made Me ii. 47 Put through any long-distance calls. 1959A. Sillitoe (title) The loneliness of the long-distance runner. 1960Guardian 13 June 3/3 Walking down a long-distance Russian train is apt to be..dull. 1961Times 3 Oct. (Computer Suppl.) p. vi/4 Long-distance telephone calls. 1961L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. i. 25 The men sat with their heads bowed over arms clasped round their knees like long-distance runners from the race of their lives. 1968National Fisherman Aug. 15-A/3 Formosa and South Korea started long-distance tuna fishing later than Japan. 1975J. Rathbone Kill Cure ii. i. 53 A long distance call from Ankara to Istanbul involved time and trouble.
2. A long-distance telephone (call). Also as adv., by long-distance telephone.
1904‘Mark Twain’ $30,000 Bequest (1906) viii. 44 Aleck's imaginary brokers were shouting frantically by imaginary long-distance, ‘Sell! sell!’ 1920Wodehouse Jill the Reckless (1921) xx. 295 Calling Izzy on the long distance. 1923― Inimitable Jeeves xv. 196 He became a sort of Voice Heard Off, developing a habit of ringing me up on long-distance. 1961Webster s.v., Called her up long-distance. 1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation v. 147 He went straight to the telephone and called New York long-distance.
B. As v. trans. To make a long-distance telephone call to (a person); to report by means of such a call.
1945Time 6 Aug. 79/1 Henry J. Kaiser last week long-distanced an old friend. 1950Newsweek 30 Oct. 61 A UP staffer simply copied the story as it came in, went to an open phone, and long-distanced it to UP in San Francisco in a few seconds. 1965E. Lacy Double Trouble viii. 79 My own family is down in the Bahamas, and I long-distanced them. |