"Ma Bell" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994, “Get it together”, in Ill Communication, performed by Beastie Boys:",
          "text": "Like Ma Bell, I've Got The Ill Communications",
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        "Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983."
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          "family",
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          "companies",
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          "telephone",
          "telephone"
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        "(US, telecommunications, informal, historical) Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983."
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        "telecommunications"
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        "(US, telecommunications, informal, historical) Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983."
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