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

Then he burst out suddenly: "Ye know the graphophone an' the kodak and the biograph an' all them things what ye can see down to Keene?"

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele

A graphophone stood revealed, one of the finest quality.

From Three Thousand Dollars by Green, Anna Katharine

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

A graphophone, with records of Melba, Sembrich, Caruso, and other operatic stars, made the rounds of a menagerie.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means