phone book
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of phone book
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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By using inquiry agents, journalists did not have to go to paper archives to look through phone books, the court heard.
From BBC
Yes, his journalists had used private investigators with databases to legally obtain phone numbers, so they didn't have to leaf through phone books.
From BBC
An image from a prior Epstein files release showed a different, but similar email - [email protected] - listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact titled "Duke of York".
From BBC
A different email address - [email protected] - is listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact labelled "Duke of York", a previously released image showed.
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"I said, 'Get yourself a phone book. On every page you'll have a suspect.'"
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