tape player
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tape player
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Famously, Bruce made “Nebraska” on his own on a tape player in his bedroom, rejecting contributions from his signature E Street Band.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
It’s a plot contrivance that sends the characters through a heady maze of 1970s stereotypes as they pursue both a reel-to-reel tape player and privacy to listen.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
I’d stay there with my tape player and listen to the Beatles for hours while I read.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021
Maybe it’s because I was raised by a Fisher-Price cassette tape player and Mr. Rogers coaching me through stories and songs.
From Slate • May 25, 2020
At the hospital Esther put the Bob Marley cassette on the tape player, and we all began to mime “Three Little Birds” together.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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