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KL5
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English
555 (telephone number)
Noun
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en American obsolete Reading of fictional phone numbers that begin with mul 555 with “KL” being “5” on a dial pad.
Usage notes
The KL is usually a rendering of town names such as Klondike and Klamath, and thus can be read as “Klondike-five” or “Klamath-five”.en 237 Why Things Are, Volume II: The Big Picture Joel Achenbach 1993 9780345377982 Ballantine Books
References
en Telephony