graphophone

Example Sentences

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But five- and six-piece dance bands were turning out huge piles of graphophone records, and we tried to buy them all.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

His explanations of the presence of the graphophone in this inner office were feeble and contradictory.

From Three Thousand Dollars by Green, Anna Katharine

Here we lodged all night, enjoying a graphophone entertainment in the evening.

From A Woman who went to Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg

He could express himself only at the keyboard, and the piano is no graphophone, for which let us all be duly thankful.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

She immediately opened the door and led him out into the hall, where Farwell and the two girls were amusing themselves with the graphophone.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein