78

noun

78

noun

1

Retronym A gramophone record played at 78 revolutions per minute.

She swallowed hard, and her arm jerked sideways, knocking over a table lamp, which fell onto the record player, where our favourite 78 was spinning round.2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 273:

Related terms: 33, 45

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