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Ma Bell

Ma Bell proper noun: collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.

Proper noun

Ma Bell

  1. (US, historical, informal) Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.
    • Like Ma Bell, I've Got The Ill Communications1994, “Get it together”, in Ill Communication, performed by Beastie Boys

Questions about Ma Bell

What does Ma Bell mean?
Ma Bell means collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.
What part of speech is Ma Bell?
Ma Bell is a proper noun.

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