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handset

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hand⋅set

[n. hand-set; v., adj. hand-set, -set] noun, verb, -set, -set⋅ting, adjective
–noun
1. Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
–verb (used with object)
2. to set (type) by hand.
–adjective
3. (of type) set by hand.
4. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.

Origin:
1915–20; hand + set
hand·set   (hānd'sět')   
n.  The handle-shaped part of a telephone, containing the receiver and transmitter and often a dial or push buttons.
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