Definitions
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- noun Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an
interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brand of gramophone
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Examples
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It's the old victrola he and Quimby used to listen to and its appearance makes the head burst into copious tears of regret.
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It was not that the white American worker was threatened with starvation, but it was what was, after all, a more important question,—whether or not he should lose his frontroom and victrola and even the dream of a Ford car.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Insist that you are 300 years old and think the phone is a malfunctioning victrola.
I miss telemarketers -- and, soon, land-line pollsters Alexandra Petri 2010
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"The Little Sparrow," "Je Ne Regrette Rien", the tragic fate of her boxer-lover, do we really need to crank that victrola one more time -- haven't we had enough?
Paris Then, Paris Now: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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And he remembers well summer evenings spent listening to the victrola with WJB or taking rides in WJB's horseless carriage with his sweetheart.
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Search in other blogs: be advised that victrola is between sandwich makers
in other blogs: be advised that victrola is between sandwich makers | Seattle Metblogs 2008
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The chorus appeared only as voices on a wind-up victrola.
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Well I give them both credit, they both still know how to crank the victrola, But i would have to give the Debate to Joe Biden for the accounting on the credit problems.
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A Complete Bunch of Pants: A dinosaur victrola listening to Buck Owens skip to main
A dinosaur victrola listening to Buck Owens Lisa B. 2008
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Also fascinated to learn that "payola" came from "victrola" which I never knew...
My PD Upped The Spins On Celine And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 2005
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