Etymology

white telephone

Today it means: Italian light-comedy and melodramatic films from the Fascist period. Full definition →

Italian telefoni bianchi
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The story

  1. Italian · calque oftelefoni bianchi
  2. English todaywhite telephone

Calque of Italian telefoni bianchi.

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