Definition of "long-playing" [long-playing]

• Relating to or being a phonograph record that turns at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute. (adjective)

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• "A pale girl up the hill, Sandra Lily, introduced me to it on a Bethlehem long-playing album of Chris Connor's."
• "With the album clocking just under 30 minutes, the throwback is just another pleasant reminder of a time when "long-playing" 33s were barely 20 minutes a side."
• "Thus far, the way has been marked by obstacles (battery technology chief among them); long-playing crises (the travails of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors); and unlikely reversals (GM's quintessential muscle car guy, Bob Lutz, becoming a true believer and championing Chevy's innovative Volt in a GM that has staged its own return from the dead.)"