Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tape-sizing machine.
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Examples
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" Ampex was a new tape-machine company in nearby Redwood City, " he said.
Ranching Marc Myers 2010
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The road unwound like a tape-machine with a uniformity that would never have altered if the voice hadn't broken in-first of all like a voice crying in pain from a tower and then suddenly a voice speaking to me personally, "Thomas, Thomas."
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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During the day his time was his paper's, and he was compelled to spend the weary hours reading off results of races and other sporting items on the tape-machine.
The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928
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"How long?" murmured Clarence Chugwater, as he worked at the tape-machine.
The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928
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His lordship was indeed there, fingering feverishly the sinuous ribands of the tape-machine.
The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1914
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It is with some shame that I haunt the tape-machine whenever a General
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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It is with no political bias that I go and hover around the tape-machine.
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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Meantime, my brain registered like a tape-machine details the most frivolous, the most ludicrous -- the name of a street, Strond
The Purple Cloud 1906
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And again raged the sale of the islands as penny salt - cellars, finger-basins, etc.; in broker's and sub-editor's office the tape-machine clicked the hourly progress of preparations at
The Lord of the Sea 1906
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Rudyard Byng paused with the lighted match at the end of his cigar, and stared at a man who was reading from a tape-machine, which gave the club the world's news from minute to minute.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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