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Noun
record-player (plural record-players)
- Alternative form of record player.
1943, Ted W[illiam] Lawson, edited by Robert Considine, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 52:“Hey, Clever,” he said to our bombardier, “will you-all do a fellow a big favor and carry my phonograph records under your seat? I’ll take my record-player along in my plane and we’ll meet in Chungking and have us some razz-ma-tazz,” and Shorty practically trucked on away from us through the turmoil. Clever shrugged and put the can of hot records under his seat.
2012 April 6, “The Stroller”, in Martinsville Bulletin, volume 123, number 84, Martinsville, Va., →OCLC, page 4-A, column 4:Here’s a bit of humor from a website: “What makes you think the prisoner was drunk?” asked the judge. “Well, your honor,” replied the arresting officer, “I saw him lift up a manhole cover and walk away with it, and when I asked him what it was for, he said, ‘I want to listen to it on my record-player!’”
2012 November 2, Emma Clayton, quoting Jools Holland, “Boogie woogie piano boy brings a Fine Young Cannibal to show”, in Telegraph & Argus, Bradford, West Yorkshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Guide” section, page 3, column 4:Getting to know a record is like reading a book. It’s like having characters in the room with you. I moved house recently and found my old record-player. I sat and listened to a dozen old records, it was very rewarding.