Dictograph

[ dik-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈdɪk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Trademark.

a brand name for a telephonic device with a highly sensitive transmitter obviating the necessity of a mouthpiece: used for listening to conversations secretly or obtaining a record of them.

Example sentences from the Web for dictograph

The second night I strung the dictograph wire, tapped the telephone, and carried my provisions here.

The Black Star |Johnston McCulley
That was the day she and Dean were planning to put in a dictograph.

The Apartment Next Door |William Andrew Johnston
So delicately was the dictograph adjusted that John heard Cummings draw his breath sharply.

Spring Street |James H. Richardson
Brennan's plan for the use of the dictograph was approved and they were commended for their enterprise.

Spring Street |James H. Richardson

Brennan assembled the dictograph rapidly, attaching to it three head-pieces with receivers clamping over the ears.

Spring Street |James H. Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for dictograph

Dictograph

/ (ˈdɪktəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

trademark a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone

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Dictograph

Trademark.

Example sentences from the Web for dictograph

British Dictionary definitions for dictograph

noun