Definitions

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  • noun A small cassette for use with a tape player, cassette player, or dictation machine.

Etymologies

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mini- +‎ cassette

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Examples

  • A few hours in the morning, breaking for lunch, then again in the afternoon — my grandfather, a man who hated to speak more than two consecutive sentences in mixed company (meaning in the company of anyone other than his wife), filled minicassette after minicassette with his words.

    'City of Thieves' 2008

  • Always carry a notebook, minicassette recorder or something to write on with you.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Freedomstar 2007

  • Always carry a notebook, minicassette recorder or something to write on with you.

    On Writing Fantasy: Where Do You Get Ideas? Freedomstar 2007

  • I reached into my bag and took out my minicassette recorder.

    Till the Butchers Cut Him Down Muller, Marcia 1994

  • When I save music files on a CD, my mother which stays with minicassette is unable to read them.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

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