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- noun Alternative spelling of
phone booth .
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Examples
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He'd barred her from the general "phonebooth" system by barring her from the office.
A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976
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Chris Travers: Do you have ANY doubt that Katz v. United States would have come out differently if a real person had his ear to the phonebooth?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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United States would have come out differently if a real person had his ear to the phonebooth?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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The other disappearing phonebooth is the indoor kind, beautiful, soundproof wooden cabinets with a little seat.
Superman, We Have a Problem Bill Crider 2009
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Also, the guy did so much with the little he had it's just amazing. taylordubose you mean he didnt even get a NOD for his stirring supporting role as "man in phonebooth" from The Howling?
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Upstairs, there was a makeshift, prison-like phonebooth where one could telephone the Prime Minister and demand more action.
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She asked what I could see from the cafe, and I told her the inside of the phonebooth… It turns out the cafe was RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE YOU WERE. *sigh*
Video: The Cat-erpillar - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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He was good enough to insist that the mom taking them stop at a phonebooth for him to call home when it hit 10 pm.
Pro-active or Paranoid? Sage 2008
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They were like Thomas Edison declaring that the phone would bring opera to America's living rooms -- AT&T posited that the Internet would just amplify our normal, everyday lives, so you could "tuck your kid in from a phonebooth."
Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives 2006
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I am getting into the phonebooth, donning my tights and cape and am ready for battle, sir.
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