"white telephone" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more white telephone [comparative], most white telephone [superlative]
Etymology: Calque of Italian telefoni bianchi. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|it|telefoni bianchi}} Calque of Italian telefoni bianchi Head templates: {{en-adj}} white telephone (comparative more white telephone, superlative most white telephone)
  1. (often derogatory) Characteristic of the Italian genre of film, white telephone; a sense of consequence-free lives of privilege. Tags: derogatory, often Synonyms: white-telephone Related terms: big white telephone
    Sense id: en-white_telephone-en-adj-rl3-u~XB

Noun

Forms: white telephones [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Italian telefoni bianchi. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|it|telefoni bianchi}} Calque of Italian telefoni bianchi Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white telephone (countable and uncountable, plural white telephones)
  1. (derogatory) Italian light-comedy and melodramatic films from the Fascist period. Tags: countable, derogatory, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_telephone-en-noun-4gAxUQP-
  2. (often derogatory) Films of other nations that share a nonseriousness of tone and disconnection from reality with the Italian films. Tags: countable, derogatory, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_telephone-en-noun-ty2npprd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 58

Inflected forms

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