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trimphones

trimphones is the plural of trimphone.

Meaning of trimphone

Noun

trimphone (plural trimphones)

  1. (UK) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
    • Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]1983 April 14, New Scientist, volume 98, number 1353

Questions about trimphones

What is trimphones the plural of?
Trimphones is the plural of trimphone.

Words near trimphones in the dictionary

  1. trimotors
  2. trimount
  3. trimounts
  4. trimoxazole
  5. trimphone
  6. trimphones
  7. trimpot
  8. trimpots
  9. trims
  10. trims down to size
  11. trims one's sails

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