Trimphone
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial. UK
"Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]"
Example
More examples"Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]"
Etymology
From trim + phone, originally a trademark, with trim explained as Tone Ring Illuminator Model.
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