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He believes firmly that a tiny dwarf resides in the box of my talking-machine and that it is the tiny dwarf who does the singing and the talking.

The Other Animals 2010

And when it comes to acting as a solvent of inhibitions and a loosener of reflexes, one drink, combined with a lot of hand-made music, is far more effective than ten drinks while you listen to a talking-machine or a radio. . .

Live music 4ever! Jessica 2007

A piano stood in one corner, a talking-machine in another.

The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol Lewis E. Theiss

I own an automobile and a talking-machine, and I sleep in a brass bed when I'm at home.

Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope

"Sing some records for a talking-machine company, Hicks!"

T. Haviland Hicks Senior J. Raymond Elderdice

Her words were in themselves ordinary and distinct, yet what she said was entirely incomprehensible, a nightmare of speech, as though some talking-machine had gone wrong and was pouring out a miscellaneous stock of verbs, nouns, adjectives and the rest without meaning or cohesion.

The Invader A Novel

The talking-machine was also a surprise for Allan.

The Rose-Garden Husband Margaret Widdemer 1931

Diagonal from it, the horn of a talking-machine, in shape a large, a violent, a tin morning-glory, was directed full against the company.

Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928

Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities.

The Lost Princess of Oz Baum, L. Frank 1917

Mr. Meeker lubricated the talking-machine till its disk turned without a trace of the mechanism.

The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915