tape machine

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noun
  1. a tape recorder.

Origin of tape machine

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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How to use tape machine in a sentence

  • Till then, nothing—not even these thoughts that ticked as if out of a tape-machine from my brain.

  • You have to paint me too, you know, and if you want it to be characteristic, make a study of a telephone and a tape-machine.

    The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson
  • Do you recognize at any point on any of the exhibits the actual tape machine that was used?

    Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • His lordship was indeed there, fingering feverishly the sinuous ribands of the tape-machine.

  • On the fourth day somebody began to use a vision-tape machine to get information on a fine point in welding.

    The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for tape machine

tape machine

noun
  1. another word for tape recorder

  2. a telegraphic receiving device that records messages electronically or on ticker tape: US equivalent: ticker

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