home entertainment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of home entertainment
First recorded in 1895–1900 (in reference to a Graphophone, i.e., a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on a wax record)
Example Sentences
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I thought "The Night Manager" was stylish entertainment, not unlike the more recent 007 films.
From New York Times • May 24, 2016
I thought "The Night Manager" was stylish entertainment, not unlike the more recent 007 films.
From New York Times • May 24, 2016
The Blood Countess offers stylish entertainment that starts on Page One when, "despondent over the irremediable passage of time, angered at the betrayal of her flesh," Bathory has all the mirrors in her castle destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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