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pager

[ pey-jer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages page (usually used in combination):
Her latest report was a 12-pager.

pager

[ pey-jer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

pager

/ ˈpeɪdʒə /

a small electronic device, capable of receiving short messages; usually carried by people who need to be contacted urgently (e.g. doctors)

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Origin of pager¹

First recorded in 1965–70; page ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of pager²

He installed two-way car radios and worked on an early pager system for doctors, which required the whole building to be wired.

As part of his job move, Zanzi says, he was given a pager so he would be accessible to Travolta around the clock.

Back then, the BlackBerry was little more than a two-way pager with a keyboard.

Blinker got a pager and looked up the movements of Sunday steamboats.

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