telephone girl
English
Noun
telephone girl (plural telephone girls)
- (telephony, dated) A female telephone operator.
- Synonym: (dated) hello girl
- 1915, W. David, J. Barnett, Hermann Darewski (lyrics and music), “Which Switch is the Switch, Miss, for Ipswich?”:
- I've just had a row with a telephone girl, a telephone girl, my brain's in a whirl.
Translations
female telephone operator
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