"pillar telephone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pillar telephones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillar telephone (plural pillar telephones)
  1. (historical) A kind of early telephone having a box mounted on a pillar. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-pillar_telephone-en-noun-yZPnG6r2
  2. Synonym of candlestick telephone. Synonyms: candlestick telephone [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pillar_telephone-en-noun-nnSyGeH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97

Inflected forms

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