１９９３年の小説にそういう記述あり。
Lights of Manchester - Page 396
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Tony Warren - 1993 - Snippet view - More editions
The public telephone box smelled of somebody else's cheap scent. 'What d'you want?' asked her fiance. Before she could reply he continued, 'I'm whacked. I've just got back from the physio.' 'Kenny . . .' Sorrel had nothing prepared. ... windows of the phone box which were heightening the feeling of life in a goldfish bowl. 'It's not enough.' She didn't care if she was repeating herself. 'We'll make it enough. You do like me, don't you?' 'Very much.' She could hear Kenny breathing a sigh ...
＞ windows of the phone box which were heightening the feeling of life in a goldfish bowl.
＜ 電話ボックスがガラス張りなので、 「まるで金魚鉢の中に居て生活してるようだ」 と感じた 伝々云々