telephone book
noun
a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
Origin of telephone book
1First recorded in 1910–15
- Also called telephone directory.
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How to use telephone book in a sentence
Then each name could be given a number, just as in telephone books.
Beginner's Book in Language | H. JeschkeIt rained ticker tape for hours, and people in offices tore up telephone books and added the bits of paper to the rainstorm.
Famous Flyers | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)In all the town, in all the directory, in all the telephone books, you and Ladykin could not find a single person named Clarice.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottI sent em out by the telephone books tellin' em it was good fishin' now.
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