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Party line

noun

The policy of a political group.

A telephone line serving two or more subscribers.

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"Party line" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Yes; a party line, so to speak," said Jimmie Dale grimly. "Do you understand? You must be careful to say no more, no less than exactly what I tell you to say. Now go and telephone! Ask the doctor to come over and see me this morning. Simply say that I am not feeling ...

— The Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... about an hour from the factory," she went on, "among some trees. I'm sure she said trees. We were cut off. No, I couldn't get her again.... Yes... it's a party line. In the Redfield district. Oh, Penny, do you think ...

— The Sturdy Oak - A Composite Novel of American Politics by Fourteen American Authors • Samuel Merwin, et al.

... had been on a party line," remarked Craig as we strode up Woodridge Avenue trying to look as if it was familiar to us, "we might have arranged this thing by stratagem. As it is, we shall have to resort to another method, and perhaps better, since we shall have to take ...

— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve

Words linked to "Party line" : telephone circuit, phone line, line, policy, subscriber line, telephone line