"talk to Ralph on the big white telephone" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk to Ralph on the big white telephone.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks to Ralph on the big white telephone [present, singular, third-person], talking to Ralph on the big white telephone [participle, present], talked to Ralph on the big white telephone [participle, past], talked to Ralph on the big white telephone [past]
Etymology: See big white telephone and ralph (“to vomit”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|big white telephone}} big white telephone, {{m|en|ralph||to vomit}} ralph (“to vomit”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=talk to Ralph on the big white telephone}} talk to Ralph on the big white telephone (third-person singular simple present talks to Ralph on the big white telephone, present participle talking to Ralph on the big white telephone, simple past and past participle talked to Ralph on the big white telephone)
  1. (slang) To vomit into a toilet. Tags: slang

Inflected forms

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