victrola

plural victrolas

1. Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.

plural Victrolas

1. A brand-name model of phonograph and phonograph records manufactured and sold by the Victor Talking Machine Company and later RCA Victor beginning in 1906.

   Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell / Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high

   1989, Christopher Ward, David Tyson, “Black Velvet”, performed by Alannah Myles

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   A small boy stood at the Victrola turning its handle and smiling at the sound of Bert Williams’ “Save a Little Dram for Me.”

   1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus, published 1993, page 78