Definitions

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  • noun A fax machine.

Etymologies

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tele- +‎ copier, originally a trademark of Xerox.

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Examples

  • In French-speaking countries, the device is referred to as a telecopier, which is also a Xerox trademark for the device.

    Blogpulse Top Links 2010

  • We had a crude portable instrument called a telecopier that we carried in a briefcase, like a portable nuclear bomb, but its transmission of the logs was blurry and stuttery; the preferred method was for me to just ferry them to the bosses, as if by Pony

    VQR 2010

  • Back at Rolling Stone, I had to be available to read and edit copy as it came in eight-to-ten-page bursts via the Xerox telecopier (the Mojo Wire), a primitive fax using telephone lines that had a stylus that printed onto treated, smelly paper (at a rate of seven minutes per page).

    Hunter S Thompson Was My Brother In Arms 2011

  • I just received a telegram from Western Union saying that any correspondence received at the convention must be sent via teletype or telecopier.

    Think Progress » CPAC Speakers Bash Obama’s Use Of A Teleprompter — While Standing In Front Of A Teleprompter 2010

  • During the 1960s, Xerox manufactured a fax machine called a “telecopier” that was sold to the Associated Press, UPI, and Reuters news agencies to send photographs and documents over telephone lines to mass media newsrooms.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • Used to luv teh telecopier b4 fax machines, and teh old 6085 workstashun.

    SPY - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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