Noun
rotary phone (plural rotary phones)
A telephone with a rotary dial.
I went from rotary phone to Twitter. And was appalled at the notion. Jeff Perry
An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth. Cynthia Ozick