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
"I've got a kodak an' a graphophone an' a lot o' Milliken's cough syrup with the recipe——" "Why there!" cried Phœbe, exultantly.
From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele
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 Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
While thinking of this, I became aware of the noise of a cheap graphophone carrying a melody with its raucous voice; the sounds came from a cabaret just below the steamboat landing-place.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
As I drew near it, I heard the sound of the graphophone.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
