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police box
Noun
Britain
dated
(chiefly
Britain,
dated)
A
telephone
kiosk
where
members
of
the
public
may
telephone
the
police;
a
few
original
boxes
still
exist
in
Britain,
but
they
do
not
operate.
The
city
of
Glasgow
in
Scotland
has
new
police
boxes,
which
are
not
booths
but
computerised
kiosks,
that
connect
the
caller
to
a
police
CCTV
control-room
operator.
Japanese Meaning
英国では一般市民が警察に電話連絡を行うための電話ボックス（通報用キオスク）を指す。 / 歴史的には操作不能となっているオリジナルのものが存在するが、スコットランドのグラスゴー市では、従来の小屋型ではなく、コンピュータ制御で警察のCCTV監視室と接続する最新型のキオスクとして再設置されている。
Sense（1）
(chiefly
Britain,
dated)
A
telephone
kiosk
where
members
of
the
public
may
telephone
the
police;
a
few
original
boxes
still
exist
in
Britain,
but
they
do
not
operate.
The
city
of
Glasgow
in
Scotland
has
new
police
boxes,
which
are
not
booths
but
computerised
kiosks,
that
connect
the
caller
to
a
police
CCTV
control-room
operator.
（ plural ）
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(chiefly Britain, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. The city of Glasgow in Scotland has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control-room operator.
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police box
She ducked into the police box to make a quick call when she saw the suspicious van.
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She ducked into the police box to make a quick call when she saw the suspicious van.
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