land phone
n.— «Gary called our son in Washington on his cell phone; of course our son doesn’t own a “land phone,” as they call it.» —“Back to the Golden Years…again” Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) Oct. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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