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Definition 2024
payphone
payphone
See also: pay phone
English
Noun
payphone (plural payphones)
- A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
- I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.
Synonyms
- tickey box (South Africa)
Translations
a public telephone
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