Meanings
nountelephone girl (plural telephone girls)
plural telephone girls
- datedcommunicationsA female telephone operator.
I've just had a row with a telephone girl, a telephone girl, my brain's in a whirl.
1915, W. David, J. Barnett, Hermann Darewski, “Which Switch is the Switch, Miss, for Ipswich?”Synonyms: hello girl
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female telephone operator.
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Translations
Finnish sentraalisantra
- sentraalisantrafemale telephone operator
Hungarian telefonoskisasszony
- telefonoskisasszonyfemale telephone operator
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