单词 | trunk call |
例句 | She also made the UK's first "trunk call" - a long distance call made within the same country - in 1958. Queen publishes first Instagram post 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z That would make it a trunk call - get it? Phone boxes get a makeover 2012-06-25T17:45:09Z Telephone calls seemed incessant, and the operator downstairs was unintelligent and twice cut Miss Vivian off in the midst of an important trunk call. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z The duty of this attendant during business hours is to answer trunk calls from the main office and finding out what party is desired, call up the proper station on the intercommunicating system. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. On the third day, about two in the afternoon, I received a trunk call on the 'phone. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Now it is merely a question of a trunk call. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police “There is a trunk call for you,” a voice said. The Moving Finger "A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire. The Daffodil Mystery He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London. The Shrieking Pit Then he asked the post-office for a trunk call to Paris, and after an hour's wait he was put in touch with the headquarters of the Europe Chronicle. Swirling Waters The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. An Englishman Looks at the World In fairness to the Postal authorities he should have admitted that it was a trunk call. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 When, twenty minutes later, Mr. Jeekes emerged from the trunk call telephone box in the club vestibule, his mouth was drooping at the corners and his hands trembled curiously. The Yellow Streak "A trunk call," he said over his shoulder to the departing commissioner, "it may be something interesting." The Clue of the Twisted Candle A financial editor of a responsible journal does not talk freely with any unknown man who rings him up on a hasty trunk call. Swirling Waters The telephone squealed shrilly; it was a trunk call from Nemesis. The Toys of Peace, and other papers |
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