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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a phone box" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small structure or booth where a person can make telephone calls, typically found in public places.
Example: "I need to find a phone box to make a call since my mobile phone is out of battery."
Alternatives: "telephone booth" or "call box".
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I'm in a phone box.
Years ago you needed a phone box".
This kid obviously changes in a phone box.
"Darryll said: 'Bony's looking after me from a phone box.
He's got a time machine – a phone box.
He ran to a phone box, dialled 999: "I've killed a boy.
Two years later, Ms Sung answered a call in a phone box in Geneva.
She's even had a phone box painted yellow and black in her honour.
"After an hour and a half, I went to a phone box.
I went and found a phone box and called the number.
In another stunt, £30,000 cash is left in a phone box, with amusing reactions.
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