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phone monkey

phone monkey noun: a receptionist or secretary charged with receiving or vetting phone calls.

Noun

phone monkey (plural phone monkeys)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A receptionist or secretary charged with receiving or vetting phone calls.

Forms of phone monkey

pluralphone monkeys

Questions about phone monkey

What does phone monkey mean?
Phone monkey means a receptionist or secretary charged with receiving or vetting phone calls.
What part of speech is phone monkey?
Phone monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of phone monkey?
The plural of phone monkey is phone monkeys.

Words near phone monkey in the dictionary

  1. phone jacks
  2. phone jail
  3. phone jails
  4. phone line
  5. phone lines
  6. phone monkey
  7. phone monkeys
  8. phone number
  9. phone numbers
  10. phone sex
  11. phone survey

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