| 单词 | hello girl |
| 释义 | > as lemmashello girl hello girl n. now historical a woman employed to answer calls in a telephone exchange. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > operator telephone operator1877 telephonist1879 telephone girl1881 hello girl1883 switch-clerk1889 teleoperator1945 trunk1947 operator1972 1883 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 12 Apr. Daisy Bush was the hello girl in a telephone exchange. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xv. 177 The humblest..hello-girl..could teach gentleness..to the highest duchess. 1928 Daily Chron. 4 Feb. (headline) Brave Hello Girls. 1971 New Scientist 17 June p. iv That was the day we said Goodbye to the Hello girls. 2007 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 5 Mar. 12 Recollections of being a ‘hello girl’ in the early days of the telephone exchange. < as lemmas |
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