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  • noun Alternative spelling of phone box.

Etymologies

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phone +‎ box

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Examples

  • PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Kirsty Williams 'campaign guru, Peter Black pictured here running the gauntlet of pro-Randerson fundamentalists during a' Kirsty4Leader 'rally in a phonebox in Newport.

    Peter Black runs the gauntlet 2008

  • PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Kirsty Williams 'campaign guru, Peter Black pictured here running the gauntlet of pro-Randerson fundamentalists during a' Kirsty4Leader 'rally in a phonebox in Newport.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Standing in a phonebox on rainy Sauchiehall Street, I called her back and accepted.

    Once upon a life: Toby Litt 2010

  • So we sat by this phonebox, and nibbled the provisions we'd taken with us, and shivered, and wished we'd brought some blankets.

    Snell-Pym » What a weekend… 2007

  • Onscreen Colin Farrell stands in a phonebox for two hours, while offscreen Colin Farrell badgers pensioners for sex.

    Colin Farrell In Stalky Restraining Order Lawsuit Blowout 2006

  • There was also a child-sized phonebox, and a small plastic slide, which Linnea adored.

    Toddler playgroup ailbhe 2006

  • Minega's world: I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home

    I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home Minzo 2005

  • The whole phonebox is covered in all them prossie stickers.

    High Society Elton, Ben 2002

  • Tommy watched idly as two men got out of the car and one of them entered the phonebox.

    High Society Elton, Ben 2002

  • The bloke across the road comes out of the phonebox and he's about to get back into the car with his mate when he glances across at us.

    High Society Elton, Ben 2002

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