Ma Bell

proper noun

Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UShistoricalinformalcommunicationsCollectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.

    Like Ma Bell, I've Got The Ill Communications

    1994, “Get it together”, in Ill Communication, performed by Beastie Boys
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APA

Ma Bell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ma%20Bell

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“Ma Bell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ma%20Bell. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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