Ameche

A1M3E1C3H4E1

noun

A telephone.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounthe Ameche (plural Ameches)

plural Ameches

  1. USdatedslangA telephone.

    Tell the asshole to take the fuckin' cigar out of his mouth and get on the Ameche.

    1992, Robert Ludlum, The Road to Omaha, Bantam, published 1993, →ISBN, page 239
    2 more examples

    "Sweetheart, bring me the Ameche, please." His face had a foolish smile. Untangling the twenty foot extension cord, Alice Lynn placed the telephone in front of her husband.

    2002, Richard W. McBurney, Bag Men: Mosaics, Trafford (self-published), page 266 http://google.com/books?id=y9ycPsYg9koC&pg=PA266&dq=ameche

    "He was mixing with some trouble boys on the flimflam, putting screws to a Peterman after the box job." "How'd you hear?" "Jawed with him on the Ameche."

    2004, Tim Dorsey, Cadillac Beach, →ISBN, page 214

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Origin

After Don Ameche, who played Alexander Graham Bell in a 1939 film.

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APA

Ameche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ameche

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“Ameche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ameche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ameche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ameche.

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