A nickname for the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
Example sentencesExamples
We've done this before: to the railroad trusts in the first part of the 20th century, to Ma Bell more recently.
It reminds me of the '60s when everyone's goal was to defeat the ‘establishment’ through fairly harmless guerrilla tactics such as not putting a stamp on the envelope when paying a Ma Bell phone bill.
Definition of Ma Bell in US English:
Ma Bell
noun
informal
A nickname for the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
Example sentencesExamples
It reminds me of the '60s when everyone's goal was to defeat the ‘establishment’ through fairly harmless guerrilla tactics such as not putting a stamp on the envelope when paying a Ma Bell phone bill.
We've done this before: to the railroad trusts in the first part of the 20th century, to Ma Bell more recently.