phone booth

noun

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

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Uptown Girl documents the supermodel's complex life and career in the entertainment industry after she was discovered standing outside a phone booth in Paris in 1974. Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Brinkley was first discovered at the age of 20 outside a phone booth in Paris. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The colonial interior has hardwood floors, plenty of display shelving, large windows and theme decor – such as a door painted to resemble a red English phone booth. Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025 There are plenty of aviation nods as well; for example, an original phone booth has been transformed into a photobooth whose interior is covered with a photorealistic reproduction wallpaper of the inside of a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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