電でん話わ交こう換かん手しゅ

noun

telephone operator

Refers to a person who manually connects telephone calls, especially in the era before automatic switching. Now largely historical.

• 祖そ母ぼは若わかい頃ころ、電でん話わ交こう換かん手しゅとして働はたらいていた。

  My grandmother worked as a telephone operator when she was young.