tape player
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tape player
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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It’s a plot contrivance that sends the characters through a heady maze of 1970s stereotypes as they pursue both a reel-to-reel tape player and privacy to listen.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 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
When she returned, Ivers had set a tape player on her pillow with the song cued up.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2019
But he’s an outlier within an otherwise scruffy team of misfits who make sure to pack a reel-to-reel tape player on one of the several helicopters they take to the cloud-encased redoubt.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2017
We rented a tape player and some Congolese dance music tapes, and we had a party.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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