record player
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Every morning he would wake up, spin around to the record player at the side of his bed, neatly arrange lines of cocaine on the turntable, and snort.
Indigenous chief Dana Tizya-Tramm is fighting climate change for his people and for the planet | Tik Root | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s a guitar with three strings and a vintage Fisher-Price record player.
The inspiring math of kindness: How one woman turned a 2-day yard sale into a year’s worth of kindness | Theresa Vargas | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostAdjacent to the bikes was a shelf displaying his bourbon collection—Dan hosts a podcast about whiskey, which he also records in his garage—and on the other side sat a record player and a stack of vinyl.
Winston already knew something was up because the table was set, the candles were lit, the kitchen smelled good, and Craig, my husband, was cuing up Ella Fitzgerald on the record player.
How to host a post-vaccine dinner party: Menu, tips, recipes and more | Adam Roberts | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostThey also both happen to be from “Company,” the remarkable show that for a kid from New Jersey, listening to show tunes on his record player, sealed a lifelong obsession with the now 90-year-old composer-lyricist.
Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times | Peter Marks | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
There was a portable record player in the foreground and a low table with snacks and drinks, and two other people were with him.
Little Fuzzy | Henry Beam PiperThe recorded voice ceased; for a moment the record player hummed voicelessly.
Little Fuzzy | Henry Beam PiperYes; so I learned, at the time they brought the record player, that she had gone to New Orleans.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd until the time that Mike came over and delivered the record player.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI think Mike was the one who brought the record player, and I don't remember the circumstances on that, but I believe it was he.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for record player
a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record, consisting of a turntable, usually electrically driven, that rotates the record at a fixed speed of 33, 45, or (esp formerly) 78 revolutions a minute. A stylus vibrates in accordance with undulations in the groove in the record: these vibrations are converted into electric currents, which, after amplification, are recreated in the form of sound by one or more loudspeakers: See also monophonic, quadraphonics, stereophonic
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