Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who places a telephone call.
- noun Informal An interview that is conducted by telephone.
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- noun One who
phones .
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- noun the person initiating a telephone call
Etymologies
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Examples
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We're trying to get a beeper with them, what we call a phoner, as soon as we can.
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However, when I did my " phoner " with her, she couldn ' t have been more cooperative, even committing to wave when she passed my mother ' s window — a possibility for which I held little hope because of the noise, confusion and the fact that she came from Kentucky and probably didn ' t know Central Park West, let alone its cross streets, from Staten Island.
A $10 Million Parade Perch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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This was back in the mid-'90s, when I was working in the U.K. for a music magazine and was enlisted to do an evening "phoner" with Costello about the rerelease of his mighty
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This was back in the mid-'90s, when I was working in the U.K. for a music magazine and was enlisted to do an evening "phoner" with Costello about the rerelease of his mighty
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This was back in the mid-'90s, when I was working in the U.K. for a music magazine and was enlisted to do an evening "phoner" with Costello about the rerelease of his mighty
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This was back in the mid-'90s, when I was working in the U.K. for a music magazine and was enlisted to do an evening "phoner" with Costello about the rerelease of his mighty
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So if you have a small budget, you should seriously consider a radio-phoner campaign.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Final words of advice and pet peeves 2009
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Radio-phoner campaigns are THE best way to maximize publicity.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Final words of advice and pet peeves 2009
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And yet, we confess, we did learn one new thing during the phoner -- Steven Tyler doesn't get phone conference calls.
Steven Tyler has issues with 'American Idol' conference call Lisa de Moraes 2011
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One aspect of publicity I did not write about is the radio-phoner campaign.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Final words of advice and pet peeves 2009
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