'phone

'phone (plural 'phones)

1. (UK) Dated form of phone.
   • 1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 127:

     “I wonder if Miss Fulton has forgotten?” “I expect so,” said Harry. “Is she on the ’phone?”

'phone (third-person singular simple present 'phones, present participle 'phoning, simple past and past participle 'phoned)

1. (UK) Dated form of phone.

• nepho-, pheno-, pheon