"phone monkey" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-phone monkey.ogg [Australia] Forms: phone monkeys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phone monkey (plural phone monkeys)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A receptionist or secretary charged with receiving or vetting phone calls. Tags: derogatory, slang Related terms: gofer
    Sense id: en-phone_monkey-en-noun-fnrHsxyS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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