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Meaning of Discman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A Sony portable personal compact disc player product line
  2. Alternative letter-case form of discman.
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  3. A portable personal compact disc player with headphones.

Examples

“And the car has always been the arena for the best battles because controlling the dial resulted in complete aural dominance: If you chose Aerosmith, everyone had to listen to Aerosmith. This is why today, when every member of the family could be plugged in, Jetson-like, to individual Discmen, they often are not.”
“But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player.”
“I use Sennheiser headphones when I want to listen to music closely, and those little Sony over-ear headphones (the ones that came with Discmen) for listening to music on the go.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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