talking book

Meanings

nountalking book (plural talking books)

datedSynonym of audiobook.
One talking book narrator consistently used a lisp for gay characters, although no lisp was indicated or written into the texts.
1980 April 12, Warren Blumenfeld, “Gay & Blind”, in Gay Community News, page 10
Synonyms: audiobook

nounSynonym of audiobook.

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Also see

From talking + book, from the nature of audiobooks to talk to tell their stories.

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