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boothette

boothette noun: a small booth.

Noun

boothette (plural boothettes)

  1. A small booth.
    • […]plaintiff was in boothette-type telephone on sidewalk outside drugstore when automobile suddenly jumped over the curb and sidewalk and crushed her against steel pipe and brick wall;1957, Personal Injury: Actions, Defenses, Damages, page 268
    • A motorist may drive up to the phone, which is housed in a plastic boothette, drop in a coin or two, and make a call without leaving his car. The walk-up public telephone is the same type of boothette mounted on a slightly higher pedestal and is located where it can readily be seen and used by...1959, The Michigan Bell, page 42

Examples of boothette in a sentence

  • A motorist may drive up to the phone, which is housed in a plastic boothette, drop in a coin or two, and make a call without leaving his car.1959, The Michigan Bell, page 42:
  • The attractiveness of the colorful boothettes and the additional pedestrian traffic on Hollywood Boulevard have produced an additional source of revenue[…]1960, The American City, page 99:
  • The only equipment we took, sir, is our equipment, our boothette, pay phone, and wire.1966, Invasions of Privacy (Government Agencies): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the...
  • Semi-Public Telephone Service / For Rochester Metropolitan Exchanges: / Semi-Public Telephone [“Old”] $10.03 [“New*”] $16.98 / Access Line 10.19 8.08 / Indoor Booth 12.11 18.97 / Boothette 2.72 5.131982 July 20, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., page 3C:

Forms of boothette

pluralboothettes

Origin of boothette

From booth + -ette.

Questions about boothette

What does boothette mean?
Boothette means a small booth.
How do you use boothette in a sentence?
A motorist may drive up to the phone, which is housed in a plastic boothette, drop in a coin or two, and make a call without leaving his car.
What part of speech is boothette?
Boothette is a noun.
What is the plural of boothette?
The plural of boothette is boothettes.

Words near boothette in the dictionary

  1. bootheel
  2. bootheels
  3. boother
  4. boothers
  5. Boothes
  6. boothette
  7. boothettes
  8. Boothferry
  9. Boothia
  10. Boothian
  11. boothie

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