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from The Century Dictionary.

  • etc Simplified spellings of phonograph, etc.

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Examples

  • I talked your letter into a fonograf in my usual tone, at my usual gait of speech.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Sam chose not to announce his plans to his old sponsor, editor, booster, “fonograf” tester, and friend of unflagging loyalty.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Then we took the cylinder to a type-setter in the next room, and she put the hooks into her ears, and wrote the whole out…I think that if you have the cheek to dictate the story into the fonograf, all the rest is perfectly easy.5

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • I talked your letter into a fonograf in my usual tone, at my usual gait of speech.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Then we took the cylinder to a type-setter in the next room, and she put the hooks into her ears, and wrote the whole out…I think that if you have the cheek to dictate the story into the fonograf, all the rest is perfectly easy.5

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Sam chose not to announce his plans to his old sponsor, editor, booster, “fonograf” tester, and friend of unflagging loyalty.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Then the fonograf man talked his answer at his wonted swing and swell.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Then the fonograf man talked his answer at his wonted swing and swell.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Then the fonograf man talked his answer in at his wonted swing and swell.

    Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872

  • I think that if you have the cheek to dictate the story into the fonograf, all the rest is perfectly easy.

    Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872

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