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78 (previous 77, next 79)

  1. the cardinal number seventy-eight

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Noun

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78 (plural 78s or 78's)

  1. (retronym) A gramophone record played at 78 revolutions per minute.
    • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 273:
      She swallowed hard, and her arm jerked sideways, knocking over a table lamp, which fell onto the record player, where our favourite 78 was spinning round.
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