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land·line
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noun
1.
a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
2.
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a telephone.
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Origin:
1860–65;
land
+
line
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land line
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n
a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land
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2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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landline
by 1861, originally a telegraph wire run over land (as opposed to under sea); from
land
(n.) +
line
(n.). In modern use (by 1965), a telephone line which uses wire or some other material (distinguished from a radio or cellular line).
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