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transistor radio

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transistor radio (plural transistor radios)

(dated) A small portable radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.

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Examples

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas. Cher

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on. Robert Palmer

My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again. Stephen Elop

I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to. Rod Stewart

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