Definitions
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- noun UK, New Zealand A
telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.
Etymologies
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Examples
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‘The message on my answerphone was a bit garbled,’ she said, ‘so I didn’t exactly understand why she needed this statement from me.
A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003
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‘The message on my answerphone was a bit garbled,’ she said, ‘so I didn’t exactly understand why she needed this statement from me.
A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003
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In the second hour of the show, they go on to call the answerphone back about three times to apologise and it makes for some brilliantly funny radio ...
Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2008
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In the second hour of the show, they go on to call the answerphone back about three times to apologise and it makes for some brilliantly funny radio ...
Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2008
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I think I like the word "answerphone" better; may continue use.
who's the hunter, who's the game / i hear the beat call your name tragic_elegance 2007
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Fun note: today I almost sincerely called an answering machine an "answerphone", like the British.
who's the hunter, who's the game / i hear the beat call your name tragic_elegance 2007
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A few days earlier, Russell had called me when I was at a rehearsal and left a message, something about me needing to break into my grandparents' house and destroy their answerphone, but I thought he'd just gone a bit mad again.
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Siobhan shook her head in grim amusement as Orbison came to his vaguely masturbatory climax and the answerphone clicked off.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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She leaned over and pressed the play button on the answerphone.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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He sounded lonely, miserable and desperate, and even sang, 'We Can Work it Out' into the answerphone.
U.K. Inquiry Hears Heather Mills's Phone-Hack Claims Jeanne Whalen 2012
jodi commented on the word answerphone
BrE for answering machine
December 22, 2011