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Meanings of trunk call in English

Catalan
trucada interurbana
Spanish
conferencia

A telephone call made outside the local calling area.

trucada interurbana
Usage of trunk call in English
1
The telephone squealed shrilly; it was a trunk call from Nemesis.
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
2
Every minute you spend online will be billed as a trunk call, and this will prove very costly.
The Irish Times
3
I put in a trunk call to Ayr right away and very soon I was speaking to Mrs Doyle.
A Town like Alice
4
It is a trunk call.
The Evil Shepherd
5
There's my trunk call... Hello.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.
6
He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.
The Shrieking Pit
7
Ireland is familiar with the political significance of phone numbers: Dublin to Belfast is a trunk call, symbolising the unity of the island.
The Irish Times
8
Gilbert left the house and made arrangements to have Carl's trunk called for.
Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
9
Or lie beneath mosquito nets and listen to the trunk calls.
The Irish Times
10
I'll run around now and arrange to have your trunks called for at five.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
11
After the interval usual in trunk calls, he began-
Round the World in Seven Days
12
"Please get me Stevenish one-three-seven," he said, "it's a trunk call.
The Yellow Streak
13
At last he came bursting into the nursery one morning: Trunk call, Merle; summons to a meeting of the Company Directors.
The Great Hunger
14
" Trunk call from London; you're through," announced the hotel operator.
Number Seventeen
15
TRUNK call rates are likely to be halved within the next five years, according to the chief executive of Telecom Eireann, Mr Alfie Kane.
The Irish Times
16
"A trunk call," he said over his shoulder to the departing commissioner, "it may be something interesting."
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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