telephone girl

English

Noun

telephone girl (plural telephone girls)

1. (telephony, dated) A female telephone operator.

   Synonym: (dated) hello girl

   • 1915, W. David, J. Barnett, Hermann Darewski (lyrics and music), “Which Switch is the Switch, Miss, for Ipswich?”:

     I've just had a row with a telephone girl, a telephone girl, my brain's in a whirl.

Translations

female telephone operator

• Finnish: sentraalisantra (fi)
• Hungarian: telefonoskisasszony