phone booth

noun

US
: a very small room or enclosed structure with a public telephone in it

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Afterward, Kemper fled California — only to telephone police from a Colorado phone booth and turn himself in. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Somebody that’s completely tied up and make a ugly, little, half-hearted swing is like swinging in a phone booth. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025 The Dodgers landed the first blow in the six-games-in-10-days battle in a phone booth between the division rivals. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025 The intimate space features a black-and-white checkerboard floor, vintage touches like a pink phone booth and pastry cases stocked with buttery delights. Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for phone booth

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“Phone booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20booth. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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