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also teles
as in TVs
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
my mum has had the same telly since I was but a lad
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televisions
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Flat screen televisions didn’t enter the market until 1997, so in 1996, we were all gathered around massive, furniture-weight cathode ray tube sets.—
Ryan Brennan
March 20,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Flat screen televisions didn’t enter the market until 1997, so the big, heavy cathode-ray tube set was the centerpiece of every living room.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Tellies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tellies. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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