45

plural 45s · plural 45's

1. A gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute.

   Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again.

   1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

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   The gratis soft drink mixers on the counter, the free jukebox in the lounge – loaded with classic 45s – the shelves piled high with books to borrow and read, and the vintage 1960s pie-warmer is the very spirit of the Laurieston and the Clancy family.

   2023 October 22, Norry Wilson, “The best bar none? Why nothing has to change at the city’s legendary Laurieston”, in The Herald on Sunday, Glasgow: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2

1. USslanggovernmentNickname for Donald Trump, American businessman and politician, as the forty-fifth president of the United States.

   So, given the ever growing list of J6ers that are real estate agents...has anyone looked into whether they attended whatever grift it was that 45 had going about training folks to be real estate agents? (Tonight's random thought)

   2022 September 5, @Chirparrooo, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022

   Synonyms: Trump 45