long-playing

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long-playing

adjective longer-playing · longest-playing

Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had; an LP; generally a 12-inch 33⅓-RPM vinyl record. Victor Crabbe's headmaster was a little man called Boothby [...] who subscribed to a popular book club and had many long-playing records, who invited people to curry tiffin and said, "Take a pew."

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adj referring to certain type of records

Русский	долгоигра́ющий dolgoigrájuščij

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@misc{long_playing_2026,
  title = {long-playing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long-playing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}