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Telephone number

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.

    "Well, that story satisfied old O’Herrin’s curiosity. But he wanted to know the fairy’s telephone number, and when Zobedee fetched her fairylets in by burning a lot of hair, while the grand vizier and the boss eunuch held their noses, he asked her to change the spaniels back into women."

  2. 2
    the number is used in calling a particular telephone wordnet
  3. 3
    A large number. figuratively, humorous, in-plural

    "How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers."

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