tape player
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tape player
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Joe cues Ol’ Blue Eyes on a tape player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
This was via, ahem, an eight-track tape player.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
Fred’s company sold the White House the eight-track tape player that was installed on Air Force One.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
Maybe it’s because I was raised by a Fisher-Price cassette tape player and Mr. Rogers coaching me through stories and songs.
From Slate ● May 25, 2020
At the hospital Esther put the Bob Marley cassette on the tape player, and we all began to mime “Three Little Birds” together.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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