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private line

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(1) A dedicated line leased from a common carrier.

(2) A line owned and installed by the user.
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Twenty minutes after Paulvitch had called Tarzan, Rokoff obtained a connection with Olga's private line.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
So while Bell, in eloquent rhapsodies, painted word- pictures of a universal telephone service to applauding audiences, Sanders and Hubbard were leasing telephones two by two, to business men who previously had been using the private lines of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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