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entry-phone en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of entryphone.
   alt of entryphone
   • No one expected the entry-phone. When we saw people going up the front path they always knocked, or pressed the illuminated button that activated tubular bells. Finally, getting no answer, they would look around and see the entry-phone. 2012, Jan Mark, They Do Things Differently There:
   • Unfortunately there do not appear to be any hard data to show the effect on crime or the cost-effectiveness of entry-phone installations generally. 2012, R.V.G. Clarke, T. Hope, Coping with Burglary: Research Perspectives on Policy, page 141:
   • Half an hour later, the flat's entry-phone buzzed and Adam released the front door. 2011, Frank Durham, The White Crow, page 46:
   • He presses the buzzer on the entry-phone, and if l haven't answered in about ten seconds he buzzes again. 2006, Nicola Birkner, AIDS Narratives, page 171:

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