French telephone

French telephone

noun
handset (def. 1).

Origin:
1930–35
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French telephone is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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french telephone

noun
telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle [syn: handset
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