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telegraphone
[ tuh-leg-ruh-fohn ]
/ təˈlɛg rəˌfoʊn /
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noun
an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
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How to use telegraphone in a sentence
Once upon a time a traveling engineer talked through a telegraphone to a dispatcher.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano HineNow suppose that through a telegraphone a broker offers six per cent.
Inventors at Work|George Iles