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white telephones

white telephones is the plural of white telephone.

Meaning of white telephone

Noun

white telephone (countable and uncountable, plural white telephones)

  1. (derogatory) Italian light-comedy and melodramatic films from the Fascist period.
  2. (derogatory, often) Films of other nations that share a nonseriousness of tone and disconnection from reality with the Italian films.

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Questions about white telephones

What is white telephones the plural of?
White telephones is the plural of white telephone.

Words near white telephones in the dictionary

  1. white teaks
  2. white tears
  3. white teas
  4. white teatfish
  5. white telephone
  6. white telephones
  7. white tern
  8. white terns
  9. white terror
  10. white terrors
  11. White Thursday

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