victrola · 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.
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victrola is pronounced /vɪkˈtɹoʊlə/.
Etymology
From the brand name Victrola.
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.
- A brand-name model of phonograph and phonograph records manufactured and sold by the Victor Talking Machine Company and later RCA Victor beginning in 1906.e.g.“A small boy stood at the Victrola turning its handle and smiling at the sound of Bert Williams’ “Save a Little Dram for Me.”” — 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus, published 1993, page 78:
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