trunk call
noun Chiefly British.
a long-distance phone call.
Origin of trunk call
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby trunk call
trundle bed,
trundler,
trundletail,
trunk,
trunk cabin,
trunk call,
trunk curl,
trunk engine,
trunk hose,
trunk line,
trunk piston
Example sentences from the Web for trunk call
If he were going to be anxious enough not to mind the trunk-call charge he would have been anxious enough before this.
Vera |Elisabeth von ArnimHe put a postal order for three-and-sixpence in his letter, to pay for a trunk-call: isn't that rather sweet of him?
Dodo Wonders |E. F. Benson
British Dictionary definitions for trunk call
trunk call
noun
mainly British
a long-distance telephone call