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Telephone book

noun

A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers. Synonyms: phone book, phonebook, telephone directory.

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"Telephone book" Quotes from Famous Books

... to crack the safe of fame and as a result they become boss bankers or boss bricklayers—either of which is a trick and hard to do. Other guys forget the first three numbers or somethin' and never get better than John Smiths in the telephone book of life. ...

— Alex the Great • H. C. Witwer

... words, the only thing that restrained her from instant flight on foot was the hidden Clarence. She could not abandon her cat. She must wait for that maid. She waited. Meanwhile she hunted up Dooley's Agency in the telephone book and called them up. They told her the maid was on the way—as though Dooley's Agency could thwart Destiny with a ...

— The Green Mouse • Robert W. Chambers