pay phone
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A public phone that requires payment. Usually used as the compound 'payphone'.
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- There's a public payphone in reception.
- I needed to make an urgent call but couldn't find a working payphone.
- Do you have any change for the payphone?
- The old red payphone booth was a nostalgic sight.
- With cellphones everywhere, payphones are becoming rare.
- She waited by the payphone, hoping he would call back.
- The station had only one functional payphone for public use.
- My battery died, so I had to rely on a payphone.
- He used a payphone to contact his family from the hospital.
- Few people use payphones anymore, preferring their mobile devices.