phoneward
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English
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[edit]phoneward (not comparable)
- (rare) Towards a telephone.
- 1947, Lucile Foster Fargo, The library in the school:
- The pet book produced, the librarian again starts phoneward, but is waylaid by the president of the student council.
- 1974, Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the harlequins!:
- In the meantime Ivor had already skated phoneward across the parquetry to hear what Nina Lecerf or some other neighbor wanted.
- 1997, H. B. Gilmour, Cher and Cher alike:
- "Dionne, one: I am seriously regretful over last night's lapse," I said, turning my head phoneward.