noun
push-button telephone
Wasei-eigo from English 'push phone'. Refers to a telephone with buttons for dialing, as opposed to a rotary dial phone.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from push phone
祖母の家にはまだプッシュホンではなく、黒電話がある。
My grandmother's house still has a rotary phone, not a push-button telephone.
Refers to an old-style rotary dial telephone, often black, contrasting with the modern push-button type.
Wasei-eigo formed from English 'push' and 'phone', referring to a push-button telephone.