Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines.
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