Definitions

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  • verb make copies on a Roneograph
  • noun a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)

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Examples

  • We took our collection of songs old and new, some in books and magazines, and some hand written, to a dozen or so union offices in Sydney to get them retyped onto roneo or gestetner stencils.

    Union is Strength CD 1981

  • Luckily I had a small typewriter and roneo machine in the ceiling space with me.

    Freedom in our Lifetime - Part Two 1980

  • On t'other hand, he does make the point that 1970s-style HQs dependent on reproducing staffwork using typewriters and roneo 'skins' were under more pressure to be very brief.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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  • "These vets' reports, being roneoed copies and therefore on hydroscopic paper, were damp."

    —Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 562

    April 18, 2009