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

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

As I drew near it, I heard the sound of the graphophone.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

And after that they wound up the graphophone and heard a lovely song, which I’m going to tell to you because it was so pretty.

From Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox by Cory, David

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)