trimphone

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noun

A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.

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Meanings

nountrimphone (plural trimphones)

plural trimphones

  1. UKA luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.

    While an acoustic coupler can be used with ordinary telephones, it cannot be used with modern trimphones[…]

    1986, Barry Strickland-Hodge, Barbara Allan, Medical information: a profile, page 54
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    Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]

    1983 April 14, New Scientist, volume 98, number 1353

Origin

From trim + phone, originally a trademark, with trim explained as Tone Ring Illuminator Model.

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Chicago

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