talkie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of talkie
Example Sentences
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His six-picture collaboration with Lubitsch began in 1929 with “The Love Parade,” the director’s first talkie, and continued through “Design for Living.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Rescuers managed to make contact with them and were communicating through a walkie talkie, Kumar said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2023
“The Jazz Singer” was the first movie musical, followed by MGM’s “Broadway Melody of 1929,” the first talkie to win an Oscar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
It wasn't until 2012 that a copy of the "talkie" mysteriously found itself re-catalogued at Harvard University's Houghton Library after being discovered in a filing cabinet.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
He had a walkie- talkie in one hand and a white bag from Kmart in the other.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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