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Weimar (iou) and telephonograph (iou)


Weimar (iou)



Weimar attrib. adjective. M20.
[A city in Thuringia, Germany, where the constitution of 1919-33 was adopted.]
Designating or pertaining to political, social, or cultural aspects of Germany during the period from 1919 to 1933.
Weimar Republic Germany under the democratic republican constitution that it had from 1919 to the beginning of the Third Reich in 1933.
Weimaraner noun (an animal of) a breed of grey short-coated drop-eared pointer, originally bred as a hunting dog in the Weimar region M20.

telephonograph (iou)



telephonograph noun. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.
[Blend of TELEPHONE and PHONOGRAPH.]
An instrument, now obsolete, consisting of a combination of telephone and phonograph by which telephone messages could be recorded. Also, a telegraphone.
telephono'graphic adjective L19.