a female telephone operator

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Definition of a female telephone operator in English English dictionary

hello girl

Now imagine that the main automatic exchange is out of service and all those calls have to be made the old-fashioned way, by hello girls, taking ten times as long.

Related Terms

a telephone operator

telephonist

Hyphenation

a fe·male te·le·phone op·e·ra·tor

Turkish pronunciation

ı fimeyl telıfōn äpıreytır

Pronunciation

/ə ˈfēˌmāl ˈteləˌfōn ˈäpərˌātər/ /ə ˈfiːˌmeɪl ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈɑːpɜrˌeɪtɜr/