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单词 silence box
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silence box
silence box n. Australian, British, and Irish English (now rare) a booth containing a telephone for public use for a fee, situated inside a public building or railway station; cf. silence cabinet n.
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1889 Telephone 15 Oct. 471/1 The public is also admitted to a silence-box at the Nottingham Post Office.
1894 Daily News 28 Mar. 3/1 These particulars are telephoned into a silence-box at the Central Savings Bank.
1933 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 Sept. 3/6 The Island's Fruitgrowers' Society requested the department to install a silence box, because of a lack of privacy.
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