pay phone

noun

: a usually coin-operated public telephone

Examples of pay phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Picking up right where the previous episode left off, this one starts with River and Sid in a retro-’80s bowling alley looking for a pay phone because Sid still insists on getting in contact with Diana Taverner. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Emory occasionally sent money, and the brothers would walk to a pay phone to call him. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

The lights came on about one hour a day, and the only phone was a pay phone. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Schneider was in great voice, returning to the pay phone a time or two before the set was through. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pay phone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone