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mobile phone, n.
Brit. |ˌməʊbʌɪl ˈfəʊn|, U.S. |ˌmoʊb(ə)l ˈfoʊn|
[‹ mobile adj.1 + phone n.2]
A portable telephone. In later use: spec. = cellphone n.
1945Yank 9 Mar. 16/1 They say the mobile phone will enable Doc Jones to start out on his rounds..and keep in touch with his nurse back in the office. 1965Newsweek 12 July 63/1 There is a pocket of mobile phone owners in New York..but the fad hasn't yet caught on in other cities. 1975Business Week (Nexis) 30 June 32 Lower mobile phone costs are in store for subscribers. 1989T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xiii. 255 El jefe thought to call Cortez on his mobile phone, but remembered that his hireling refused to discuss substantive matters over what he called a ‘nonsecure’ line. 1998Total Football Nov. 64/1 Suddenly a muffled ringer sounds from his pocket as his mobile phone trills to life. ‘That'll be Gary,’ he says. 2000Mirror (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. Britain is becoming a nation of mobile phone text message addicts. |