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
There was an excellent musical library at Storm, and the best records to be had for the graphophone were sent to her regularly.
From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
One day a graphophone agent came to the house and the family became interested in one of his musical machines.
From Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls by Jean Turner-Zimmermann
The place is buzzing with soldiers, a game of billiards is going on in one corner and in another a graphophone is never allowed one moment's rest.
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Katherine Shortall
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 Elbert Hubbard
