cellphoned
English
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- (rare) With cellphone(s).
- 2004, Swati Kaushal, chapter 18, in Piece of Cake, New Delhi: Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 137:
- I collected my bags and joined the crowd that pushed its way through the exit, a narrow, sinuous valley of speed-walking laptopped and cellphoned executives.
- 2006 July 24, Courtney Jane Kendrick, “She Wore Lemon”, in Enjoy It! Greatest Hits from the Blog of Courtney Jane Kendrick, volume 1 (2005–2008), [Provo, Ut.], published 2008, →ISBN, page 72:
- “Why do I shop for produce here?” I asked myself, as I do every time I find myself fighting for cart space with cellphoned students.
- 2007, Alan Coren, “Beyond Our Ken”, in 69 for 1, London: JR Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 5:
- With their rowdy 24/7 lagered clientele, undraped beer-bellies lobstering in the sun, gobbing at the stationary traffic four feet from the table they are waiting to throw at the Man U chara-convoy which cellphoned pickets have told them is just coming off the M1?
- 2016 May 4, Grant Patterson, “Alameda Santos, São Paulo”, in Southern Cross (A Will Bryant Thriller), Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 81:
- Outside, the suited and cellphoned elite and the insufferably gorgeous businesswomen in tight tube skirts and stiletto heels drifted by in a rushed cloud.
- 2016 July 7, Michel Faber, “Since You Last Visited Sopot”, in Undying: A Love Story, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN:
- Now cellphoned tourists, constantly alerted, chase relaxation in the Baltic sun.
Verb
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- simple past and past participle of cellphone