noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
operator
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One switchboard operator said that at this moment in time she didn't know.
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He went back to your hotel and had a very interesting chat with the switchboard operator .
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The switchboard operator rang an extension.
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He asked the switchboard operator to connect him with Whitely Prison and waited.
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Finally they informed me that they had a position open for switchboard operators .
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I'd ring them up to complain but I'd never get past the switchboard operator before it stopped working again.
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Nevertheless, Levi is offering Opto Plus a switchboard operator and plenty of free jeans.
■ VERB
jam
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Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.
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Viewers jammed the Thames Television switchboard .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jam sb's/the switchboard
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But look at the text, calls jammed our switchboard all day.
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Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Extra operators had to be brought in to handle the switchboard overflow.
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He doesn't like using hotel switchboards to transmit orders.
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One was typing and the other was operating the switchboard .
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Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.
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The girl who sat in the reception area and answered the switchboard was called Lucinda.
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The White House switchboard tells her the President is in conference.
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These are, possibly, switchboards of some sort.
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You manage a telephone switchboard for a large governmental agency.