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Noun: payphone  'pey,fown
  1. A coin-operated telephone
    "He searched for a payphone to make an emergency call when his cell phone died";
    - pay-phone, pay-station [N. Amer], pay station [N. Amer]

Derived forms: payphones, pay-phones

Type of: phone, telephone, telephone set

Encyclopedia: Payphone