The phone book, or simply "The Book," was a book that was printed yearly and distributed by phone companies to their customers. Each book covered a specific geographical area. Some, like the New York City phone book, contained millions of names and numbers. While a phone book won't take the place of your old address book, it gives access to names and numbers that were previously accessed through a telephone operator, especially if the call was long distance..
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