He held a little recorder in his hand.

You're going to take your little recorder and you're going to erase any evidence of your time here today.

Dr Elwin picked up the little recorder-transceiver, which he had unstrapped from its normal place on his wrist, and switched it on.

"I have a little recorder in my purse," she said, thinking out loud.

"I don't think we need to bother him," the detective said, slipping his little recorder in the pocket of his windbreaker.