miniature camera
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of miniature camera
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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A tube of lipstick hiding a miniature camera, issued to female K.G.B. spies during the 1970s.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
“Albums suck. Albums are just miniature camera rolls,” he says.
From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2021
What's significant about this case is that it involved the early use of a fibre-optic miniature camera - which gave detectives a view into the cellar where the gunmen were holed up.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2015
The miniature camera attached to the end of the two long needles I’m clumsily manipulating doesn’t lie: I’m a lousy surgeon.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2013
Under cover of a rock and some dwarf birches, I crept ahead on hands and knees, with a miniature camera at the ready.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis
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