tape player

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noun

a small device for playing magnetic tape recordings.

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Origin of tape player

First recorded in 1950–55

She gets into her car, puts a cassette in the tape player and begins to sing her wistful tune.
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A modern guide to cassette tape players|Sandra Gutierrez|July 23, 2021|Popular-Science
Dora is seen getting dressed as a mermaid by a cursor being manned by some omniscient game player.
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My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
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I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.
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The player to his right holds eight, the player to his left has only six—the right side wins, the left side loses.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The croupier pushes the seven hundred and forty pounds of the unlucky player a foot nearer to the bank.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But "the cards never forgive," and as a rule Dame Fortune is relentless to the reckless player.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
However, I have felt some comfort in knowing that it is not Liszt's genius alone that makes him such a player.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He gets out and does things while these fatheads stay in quarters and untangle red tape.
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