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▪ I. tranny, trannie|ˈtrænɪ|
Colloq. abbrev. of transistor radio s.v. transistor n. 3. Also attrib.
1969Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Oct. 14/4 Salt and sand have..been eroding the trannie set rather badly. 1969Nova Nov. 144/3 ‘How do you feel about the Love Generation now?’.. ‘Sick to my stomach,’ he replied, tuning into The Archers on his tranny to get back in touch with decent values. 1976Listener 5 Aug. 152/2 The Controller surely had her tranny in the shed with her. 1978D. Murphy Place Apart viii. 158 A solitary, yawning customs officer sitting beside a hideously wailing ‘trannie’.
▪ II. tranny, n.2 Photogr. colloq.|ˈtrænɪ|
Also (occas.) trannie.
[Abbrev. of transparency n. 2 c: see -y6.]
A photographic transparency; a slide.
1979Amat. Photographer 30 May 92/2 An extra stop or so over-exposure can spoil a good tranny. 1980Ibid. 6 Sept. 84/1 If you happen to be a reputed photographer like Norman Parkinson you don't expect one of your royal subjects to throw your trannies into a rubbish truck. 1987Pract. Photography Dec. 8/1 If the shot's good enough we'll use it regardless of it being a print or a trannie. That said, given the choice between a colour print and a tranny of the same shot, the tranny would get the nod. 1990Photopro Spring 27/3 To reproduce the picture by scanning, which calls for the tranny to be fixed to a drum, the mount has to be split. |