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pay phone

noun

  1. a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pay phone1

First recorded in 1935–40
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I rushed miles to the nearest pay phone, to tell Mom and Dad the news: They would be going home.

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I could drive down to a pay phone at the motel along the highway if an emergency arose — but emergencies are never so common as we imagine.

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There is a pay phone at the Cedar Grove Lodge.

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As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.

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In October 2018, the West Covina Police Department got a pay phone call from a woman at an Arco gas station alleging Elwyn employees were abusing a man matching Newman’s description — a Black man with a disability.

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