mimeograph

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For fapans, the mimeograph was the reproductive method of choice (and wouldn't that statement have gotten a reaction from the membership), but a few of the sixty-five members had the equipment and inclination to get fancy.

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  1. noun A duplicator that makes copies of written, drawn, or typed material from a stencil that is fitted around an inked drum.
  2. noun A copy made by this method of duplication.
  3. transitive verb To make (copies) on a mimeograph.

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  • He had been long impressed by the desirability of the rapid production of copies of written documents, and, as we have seen by a previous chapter, he invented the electric pen for this purpose, only to improve upon it later with a more desirable device which he called the mimeograph, that is in use, in various forms, at this time. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • The extent of production and sale of supplies for the mimeograph may be appreciated when it is stated that they bring annually an equivalent of three times the amount realized from sales of machines. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • Camera Obscura On Camera Obscura's third album, Tracyanne Campbell's songs have propelled the Scottish outfit from a lesser-known Belle and Sebastian mimeograph to a full-blown pop consortium of its own. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • That was the chant of my junior high friends when my homeroom teacher, Mr. Ellis, sent me to the school office to copy materials on the mimeograph machine. —  Money and Markets: Free Investment Email Newsletter
  • For fapans, the mimeograph was the reproductive method of choice (and wouldn't that statement have gotten a reaction from the membership), but a few of the sixty-five members had the equipment and inclination to get fancy. —  Sara Ryan
 

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  1. Originally a trademark.

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  1. Irreg. from Greek μιμεῖσθαι, imitate, + γράφειν, write.
 

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/ˈmɪməəgræf/
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