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A coin-operated, fixed, piece of electronic equipment that you use for speaking to someone in a different place

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Usage examples (39)
  • The payphone is the twenty-first century horse-trough.
  • Promptly at two, he called the payphone outside Bloomingdale’s.
  • Cavazos speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is inviting everyone to call the payphone using Skype for a quick chat.
  • Prepaid services have been further adapted to offer mobile 'payphone' services.
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