"bat phone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bat phones [plural]
Etymology: After Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bat phone (plural bat phones)
  1. (informal) A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls Wikipedia link: Batman, bat phone Tags: informal Categories (topical): Batman, Telephony
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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