telephone box

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telephone box

noun telephone boxes

Australia, Ireland, UK A small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone). I remember riding my bike around Wilbur Street, and when I ran away from home at 10 I hid in the corner telephone box.
Similar: phone box, telephone booth, telephone kiosk, call box

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@misc{telephone_box_2026,
  title = {telephone box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telephone%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}