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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A telephonic instrument for office or other similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. Much use has been made of it for overhearing, or for recording, conversations for the purpose of obtaining evidence for use in litigation.

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Examples

  • This and the dictograph are the best clues we've had yet, and we have you to thank for both of them, Miss Crosby.

    Steadfast Falters 1916

  • This is my 'electric ear' -- in other words the dictograph, used, I am told, by the Secret

    The Silent Bullet 1908

  • This is my 'electric ear' -- in other words the dictograph, used, I am told, by the Secret

    Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

  • Whoever secretly overhears, or attempts secretly to overhear or to have any other person overhear the deliberations of a jury by use of a device commonly known as a dictograph or dictaphone, or however otherwise described, or by any similar device or arrangement with intent to procure any information relative to the conduct of such jury or any of its members, shall be punished by im - prisonment for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Of course, having said that we have to discuss his use of real humans, not a dictograph, and using their particular voices.

    Blind Faith? 2009

  • Of course, having said that we have to discuss his use of real humans, not a dictograph, and using their particular voices.

    Blind Faith? 2009

  • He later found a dictograph in his own apartment, placed by a fellow Leaguer.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • He later found a dictograph in his own apartment, placed by a fellow Leaguer.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • He later found a dictograph in his own apartment, placed by a fellow Leaguer.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • He recalled that Jane Strong over the dictograph had heard old Hoff speak of something that he called the "wonder-worker."

    The Apartment Next Door William Andrew Johnston

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