speaking tube en · NOUN
Meanings
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A tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.
[…] for the next twenty minutes they were consigned to the general office while Mr Carlyle fumed and displayed his watch ostentatiously. At last a clerk slid off his stool by the speaking-tube and approached them.
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| speaking tubes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |