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Dictaphone

[ dik-tuh-fohn ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a dictating machine.


Dictaphone

/ ˈdɪktəˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing


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“Dictaphone” is a trademark that once belonged to a company founded by Alexander Graham Bell that manufactured the first-ever dictation machines.

There, in his empty office, he tells his story to a Dictaphone (channeling Double Indemnity) of how he became “Devin Morehouse.”

Since my wife knows nothing about a dictaphone, it will be necessary for you to set this record running.

Walker now very quickly, yet very clearly explained the workings and the manipulations of the dictaphone.

He picked up the dictaphone every few minutes, but for a long time heard nothing.

They haven't put me next to you for the fun of it, and they may have a dictaphone stuck around somewhere.

The dictaphone, which undoubtedly carried the signaling of the pipe, would probably lead the police to another rendezvous.

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