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answering machine

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answering machine

–noun
an electronic device that is attached to a telephone and that automatically answers callers with a prerecorded message and records their messages for later playback.


Origin:
1975–80
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an·swer·ing machine   (ān'sər-ĭng)
n.  A device for answering one's telephone and recording callers' messages.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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