"walkie-lookie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: walkie-lookies [plural]
Etymology: From walkie-talkie and look. Head templates: {{en-noun}} walkie-lookie (plural walkie-lookies)
  1. (historical) An early portable television camera. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Photography Related terms: creepy-peepy
    Sense id: en-walkie-lookie-en-noun-w8FFtZti Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "walkie-lookies",
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  ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Photography",
          "orig": "en:Photography",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Human activity",
            "Media",
            "Culture",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Communication",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An early portable television camera."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "portable",
          "portable"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ],
        [
          "camera",
          "camera"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) An early portable television camera."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "creepy-peepy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "walkie-lookie"
}
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "en:Photography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An early portable television camera."
      ],
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        [
          "television",
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        ],
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        "(historical) An early portable television camera."
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}

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