payphone
Definitions
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
Equivalents
Examples
“I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use⟳ the payphone to call⟳ a cab.”
“You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell⟳ me you're getting sober”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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