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record changer
record changernouna device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
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record-changer
record-changernouna device in a record player for changing records automatically
record changer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of record changer
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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He relishes educating customers, explaining the nuances of a record player, a record changer, a phonograph and a gramophone.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2017
Shannon also puckishly designed an “Ultimate Machine”: simply a box with a button and a hand that emerged to shut it off, as if anticipating Charles Addams’ one-handed record changer, Thing.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2012
The new record changer has a double tone arm, shaped like a big tuning fork, whose prongs, each equipped with a needle and pickup, swing out over both sides of the record at once.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The guarantee was possible because of the development of an automatic record changer with a tone arm that rests so lightly on records that the company says both needle and record will last longer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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