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Word: audiograph (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Marx, a fresh-air fiend as well as culture fan, likes to bask in the sun on winter days at the bottom of his swimming pool, which is drained in September. There he sits puffing six-inch cigars (Jack & Charlie's "21" Selection), dictating letters to his Audiograph or reading a dictionary and marking the words and phrases he wants to transfer to his vocabulary. These are later typed by a secretary in a series of black books that Marx carries everywhere, studies in idle moments. For an hour, three or four times a week, he dons sneakers, a grey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Little King | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

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