phone book
noun
: a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area
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Rare models like a two-door Runabout might push $50K. Along with help from Jeff Humble, president of the Northern Michigan Ts (the local Model T club), Dean trained himself to drive the Model T using an original owner’s manual as thick as Manhattan’s phone book.
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The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Another story that had long gone around was that Michael landed on Keaton from the phone book.
—Katie Labovitz, People.com, 22 July 2025
D'Amato spent a portion of his speech reading from the District of Columbia phone book.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
One of the pages even contained President Trump’s name, having been listed in Epstein’s phone book.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The list of additional missing names would fill a phone book.
—J.j. Bailey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Hilton found the source of the flurries in the phone book.
—Gabrielle Calise, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
The Miami rapper participated in ELLE’s latest episode of Phoning It In, a series that sees celebrities prank calling various people in their phone book.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The first service available on Minitel was an electronic phone book, or annuaire électronique.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2017
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The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Another story that had long gone around was that Michael landed on Keaton from the phone book.
—Katie Labovitz, People.com, 22 July 2025
D'Amato spent a portion of his speech reading from the District of Columbia phone book.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
One of the pages even contained President Trump’s name, having been listed in Epstein’s phone book.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The list of additional missing names would fill a phone book.
—J.j. Bailey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Hilton found the source of the flurries in the phone book.
—Gabrielle Calise, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
The Miami rapper participated in ELLE’s latest episode of Phoning It In, a series that sees celebrities prank calling various people in their phone book.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The first service available on Minitel was an electronic phone book, or annuaire électronique.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2017
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“Phone book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20book. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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