dictograph

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noun

A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.

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Meanings

dictograph1

noundictograph (plural dictographs)

plural dictographs · alternative dictagraph · alternative Dictograph

  1. historicalA telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.

Dictograph2

nounDictograph (plural Dictographs)

plural Dictographs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dictograph.

    At the time, laws governing electronic surveillance were not well defined and the detectives installed a Dictograph—a primitive listening device that could be tucked in anything from a clock to a chandelier.

    2021 (originally published 2017, adapted 2021), David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Younger Readers, page 60
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictograph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictograph.

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