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"text": "I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020, “Kyoto”, in Punisher, performed by Phoebe Bridgers",
"text": "You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober",
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"A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card."
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"prepayment",
"prepayment"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"credit card",
"credit card"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "telephone booth"
},
{
"word": "telephone box"
},
{
"word": "telephone kiosk"
},
{
"word": "call collect"
},
{
"word": "COCOT"
},
{
"word": "coin-op"
},
{
"word": "collect call"
},
{
"word": "drop a dime"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"South-Africa"
],
"word": "tickey box"
},
{
"word": "pay phone"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "takʻsafon",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "տաքսաֆոն"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telefonen avtomat",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "телефонен автомат"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfon públic"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公用電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gōngyòng diànhuà",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公用电话"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mønttelefon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "rahapuhelin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "yleisöpuhelin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Münztelefon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Münzfernsprecher"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "nyilvános telefon"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "telepon umum"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "táillefón"
},
{
"alt": "こうしゅうでんわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōshū denwa",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公衆電話"
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{
"alt": "公衆電話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongjungjeonhwa",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "공중전화"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon samoinkasujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "automat telefoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "automat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taksofón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таксофо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "telefón-avtomát",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н-автома́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obščéstvennyj telefón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обще́ственный телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono público"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "taksofón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таксофо́н"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffôn talu"
}
]
}
],
"word": "payphone"
}
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"word": "telephone booth"
},
{
"word": "telephone box"
},
{
"word": "telephone kiosk"
},
{
"word": "call collect"
},
{
"word": "COCOT"
},
{
"word": "coin-op"
},
{
"word": "collect call"
},
{
"word": "drop a dime"
}
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"text": "I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020, “Kyoto”, in Punisher, performed by Phoebe Bridgers",
"text": "You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card."
],
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[
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"prepayment"
],
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"coin",
"coin"
],
[
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]
]
}
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],
"word": "tickey box"
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{
"word": "pay phone"
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "takʻsafon",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "տաքսաֆոն"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telefonen avtomat",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "телефонен автомат"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfon públic"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公用電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngyòng diànhuà",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公用电话"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mønttelefon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "rahapuhelin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "yleisöpuhelin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Münztelefon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Münzfernsprecher"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "nyilvános telefon"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "telepon umum"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "táillefón"
},
{
"alt": "こうしゅうでんわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōshū denwa",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "公衆電話"
},
{
"alt": "公衆電話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongjungjeonhwa",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"word": "공중전화"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon samoinkasujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "automat telefoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "automat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taksofón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таксофо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telefón-avtomát",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н-автома́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obščéstvennyj telefón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обще́ственный телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono público"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "taksofón",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таксофо́н"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a public telephone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffôn talu"
}
],
"word": "payphone"
}
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