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单词 trunk call
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trunk call

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noun Chiefly British.

a long-distance phone call.

Origin of trunk call

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby trunk call

trundle bed, trundler, trundletail, trunk, trunk cabin, trunk call, trunk curl, trunk engine, trunkfish, trunkful, trunk hose
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Example sentences from the Web for trunk call

  • If he were going to be anxious enough not to mind the trunk-call charge he would have been anxious enough before this.

    Vera|Elisabeth von Arnim
  • He put a postal order for three-and-sixpence in his letter, to pay for a trunk-call: isn't that rather sweet of him?

    Dodo Wonders|E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for trunk call

trunk call

noun

mainly British a long-distance telephone call
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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