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Desire to take in drama — and like some records?
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long-playing
Word definitions for long-playing in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records [syn: long-play ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
long-playing \long-playing\ adj. playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records. Syn: long-play, LP.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had, an LP, generally a 12 inch 33 1/3 RPM record.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1910, of recordings, from long (adj.) + present participle of play (v.).
Usage examples of long-playing.
UPON a time, dear reader, multimedia meant a book with pictures and a long-playing vinyl record to pop on your turntable and listen to as you turn the pages in a synaesthetic trance.
He guessed that their feathers were black and as shiny as those long-playing vinyl records they used to have when he was a kid.