graphophone
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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
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
At a signal someone started the graphophone, and to the sweet strains of a march the bride appeared, leaning upon the arm of her uncle.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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
His explanations of the presence of the graphophone in this inner office were feeble and contradictory.
From Three Thousand Dollars by Anna Katharine Green
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