telling bone

English

Etymology

A Hobson-Jobson based on interpreting telephone as telling + bone; coined by British screenwriter Richard Carpenter for the TV series Catweazle.

Noun

telling bone (plural telling bones)

(humorous, preceded by definite article) The telephone.
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 134:
  His eyes widened. The box contained the Divine Egg! The strange sorcerer who was muttering into the telling-bone had found lots of them.
- 1985 May 12, The Canberra Times, page 22, column 1:
  Lately, Fergus has been even more insufferable: he's in love, a piece of intelligence I winkled out of the elder curmudgeon, his grandfather, the Laird of Gunning, on the telling bone last night.
- 1998, The Spectator‎, London:
  When we land I'll give you a tinkle on the telling bone.
- 2021, John Martin, Different Stripes: The first six quirky novels of the Windy Mountain series‎, John Martin:
  She's visiting her sister in Launceston and I spoke to her on the telling bone last night.

单词	telling bone
释义	telling bone English Etymology A Hobson-Jobson based on interpreting telephone as telling + bone; coined by British screenwriter Richard Carpenter for the TV series Catweazle. Noun telling bone (plural telling bones) (humorous, preceded by definite article) The telephone. 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 134: His eyes widened. The box contained the Divine Egg! The strange sorcerer who was muttering into the telling-bone had found lots of them. 1985 May 12, The Canberra Times, page 22, column 1: Lately, Fergus has been even more insufferable: he's in love, a piece of intelligence I winkled out of the elder curmudgeon, his grandfather, the Laird of Gunning, on the telling bone last night. 1998, The Spectator‎, London: When we land I'll give you a tinkle on the telling bone. 2021, John Martin, Different Stripes: The first six quirky novels of the Windy Mountain series‎, John Martin: She's visiting her sister in Launceston and I spoke to her on the telling bone last night.
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