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all-figure numbers

all-figure numbers is the plural of all-figure number.

Meaning of all-figure number

Noun

all-figure number (plural all-figure numbers)

  1. (UK, historical) A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
    Synonyms:
    AFN

Questions about all-figure numbers

What is all-figure numbers the plural of?
All-figure numbers is the plural of all-figure number.

Words near all-figure numbers in the dictionary

  1. all-expenses-paid
  2. All-Father
  3. All-Fathers
  4. all-female
  5. all-figure number
  6. all-figure numbers
  7. all-fire
  8. all-fired
  9. all-firedly
  10. all-fours
  11. all-gender

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