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
Their mother had recently taken both girls to a near-by city for their first taste of grand opera, completing the effect by the purchase of a graphophone and opera records.
From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
His explanations of the presence of the graphophone in this inner office were feeble and contradictory.
From Three Thousand Dollars by Green, Anna Katharine
One day a graphophone agent called at the house and the family became much interested in one of his musical machines.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)
As I drew near it, I heard the sound of the graphophone.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
