turndealer
Turndealer is a slang term commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s to describe a person who would redirect a telephone call to a different number, often to avoid either responding to a person or telephone series. The term has its origins in the 1960s British rhyming slang phrase "turnkeeper," later being shortened to "turndealer."
The turndealer would convince the individual who called into the original line that they had to make
It is essential to note, mostly in the earlier decades, people would use payphones and copayphones for