ghetto blaster
See also: ghettoblaster
English
A man holding a ghetto blaster in 1985
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Noun
ghetto blaster (plural ghetto blasters)
- (slang) A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boom box.
- 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158:
- Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.
Translations
powerful portable stereo system — see boom box
Further reading
ghetto blaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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