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Landline

noun
1.
A telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits.  Synonym: land line.





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"Landline" Quotes from Famous Books



... 3), delete or {control-C} does this. 5. 'break break' may be said to interrupt a conversation (this is an example of verb doubling). This usage comes from radio communications, which in turn probably came from landline telegraph/teleprinter usage, as badly abused in the Citizen's Band craze ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Landline" :   telephone line, land line, telephone circuit, phone line, subscriber line, line


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