receiving set
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of receiving set
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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With both receivers off to historic starts and the addition of the 17th game to the schedule, Calvin Johnson’s record of 1,964 yards receiving set in 2012 is in danger of being broken.
From Seattle Times
Radio was coming into vogue, and he built his own receiving sets.
From Washington Post
Other lots include an early German Enigma machine, handwritten paperwork by Albert Einstein and a 19th Century telegraph sending and receiving set used by spies during the US Civil War.
From BBC
“I thought they spread out equally in all directions and that anybody who had a receiving set could take them.”
From Project Gutenberg
The Marigold now has a real radio telegraph sending and receiving set.
From Project Gutenberg
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