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名詞

record-player (plural record-players)

1. Alternative form of record player.
   • 1943, Ted W[illiam] Lawson, edited by Robert Considine, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 52:

     “Hey, Clever,” he said to our bombardier, “will you-all do a fellow a big favor and carry my phonograph records under your seat? I’ll take my record-player along in my plane and we’ll meet in Chungking and have us some razz-ma-tazz,” and Shorty practically trucked on away from us through the turmoil. Clever shrugged and put the can of hot records under his seat.

   • 2012 April 6, “The Stroller”, in Martinsville Bulletin, volume 123, number 84, Martinsville, Va., →OCLC, page 4-A, column 4:

     Here’s a bit of humor from a website: “What makes you think the prisoner was drunk?” asked the judge. “Well, your honor,” replied the arresting officer, “I saw him lift up a manhole cover and walk away with it, and when I asked him what it was for, he said, ‘I want to listen to it on my record-player!’”

   • 2012 November 2, Emma Clayton, quoting Jools Holland, “Boogie woogie piano boy brings a Fine Young Cannibal to show”, in Telegraph & Argus, Bradford, West Yorkshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Guide” section, page 3, column 4:

     Getting to know a record is like reading a book. It’s like having characters in the room with you. I moved house recently and found my old record-player. I sat and listened to a dozen old records, it was very rewarding.

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