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Ameche

Ameche noun: a telephone.

Noun

the Ameche (plural Ameches)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A telephone.
    • Tell the asshole to take the fuckin' cigar out of his mouth and get on the Ameche.1992, Robert Ludlum, The Road to Omaha, Bantam, published 1993, →ISBN, page 239
    • "Sweetheart, bring me the Ameche, please." His face had a foolish smile.
      Untangling the twenty foot extension cord, Alice Lynn placed the telephone in front of her husband.2002, Richard W. McBurney, Bag Men: Mosaics, Trafford (self-published), page 266 http://google.com/books?id=y9ycPsYg9koC&pg=PA266&dq=ameche

Forms of Ameche

pluralAmeches

Origin of Ameche

After Don Ameche, who played Alexander Graham Bell in a 1939 film.

Questions about Ameche

What does Ameche mean?
Ameche means a telephone.
What part of speech is Ameche?
Ameche is a noun.
What is the plural of Ameche?
The plural of Ameche is Ameches.

Words near Ameche in the dictionary

  1. amebous
  2. amebula
  3. amebulae
  4. amebulas
  5. amebulæ
  6. Ameche
  7. Ameches
  8. amedalin
  9. Amedot
  10. Amee
  11. ameen

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