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 an upper-level connection first, often trying to convince the individual that a special person or circumstance required this request before they could be put through to their intended contact. They might claim to be and tell the party they were supposed to talk to that a different person of higher authority needed to deal with their issues first or order routine corrections either before the first conversation can be made or to make the next telephone conversation after answering the request made at this point in time results in even more expensive fees or unwanted calls.

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