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lapel mike

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noun

  1. a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.

Etymology

Origin of lapel mike

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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Soon he was sitting tensely upright on his stool, eyes bright and lower face all a-smile, muttering terse comments and questions into the lapel mike torn from Meg's fair neck.

From Bread Overhead by Leiber, Fritz

The business girl clapped on a pair of earphones and whispered into a lapel mike.

From Bread Overhead by Leiber, Fritz

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