Autophone

See also: autophone

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ -phone.

Proper noun

Autophone (plural Autophones)

1. A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.
2. Several brands of telephones and phone services.
3. A very early brand of table-top mechanical organette using a punched card to operate the music mechanism.