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(cassette player): Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark Walkman.

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walkman (countable and uncountable, plural walkmans or (uncommon) walkmen)

1. A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
   • 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):

     Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.

2. (Philippines, informal, uncountable) Pigs' ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food.

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• discman