phone box
A telephone boxA telephone box
» Good luck finding a phone box here.
Viel Glück dabei, hier eine Telefonzelle zu finden! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(Australia, Ireland, UK)A telephone box
(figuratively)A very small space.
Examples
6 sentencesGood luck finding a phone box here.
deViel Glück dabei, hier eine Telefonzelle zu finden! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you know where a phone box is?
deWissen Sie, wo eine Telefonzelle ist? — franzc424
Do you know where there's a phone box?
deWissen Sie, wo eine Telefonzelle ist? — franzc424
Back then there were no mobile phones, only telephone boxes.
deMobiltelefone gab es damals nicht, nur Telefonzellen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Phone boxes are as rare as hen's teeth round here.
deTelefonzellen sind hier so selten wie ein weißer Rabe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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