Noun: Walkman
| Singular | Walkman |
| Plural | Walkmans |
Sample Sentences
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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. [2012 September 25, Joey Faulkner, “MiniDisc, the forgotten format”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2013:]
Etymology
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.