Meanings
plural Ameches
- 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 2392 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
After Don Ameche, who played Alexander Graham Bell in a 1939 film.
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Ameche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ameche
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