"Ameche" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Ameches [plural]
Etymology: After Don Ameche, who played Alexander Graham Bell in a 1939 film. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ameche (plural Ameches)
  1. (US, dated, slang) A telephone. Wikipedia link: Alexander Graham Bell, Don Ameche, en:The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Tags: US, dated, slang Categories (topical): Telephony

Inflected forms

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