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handset

[ noun hand-set; verb adjective hand-set, -set ]

noun

  1. Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.


verb (used with object)

handset, handsetting.
  1. to set (type) by hand.

adjective

  1. (of type) set by hand.
  2. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.

handset

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noun

  1. a telephone mouthpiece and earpiece mounted so that they can be held simultaneously to mouth and ear
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of handset1

First recorded in 1915–20; hand + set
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In its battle against the "scourge of mobile phone crime", the force said it had also seized more than 1,000 handsets.

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Mr Watkins told Dan that anti-terrorism detectives did not find any evidence against him when they investigated him for making racist comments because he had a new phone and had destroyed his old handset.

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The offer covers Apple's top models as well as older handsets and some other devices.

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