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  • noun Plural form of teleprinter.

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Examples

  • A sequence of tile murals celebrating the white heat of British technology – the teleprinters, wiring circuits, spiky aerials and banks of switching gear which constituted 1960s telecommunications – has been listed to preserve it as the grim grey building supporting it faces demolition.

    Dorothy Annan murals listed as former telephone exchange faces demolition 2011

  • As soon as the line was closed, the young man opened an adjacent door, revealing a battery of typewriters and teleprinters, all manned by young women.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • The AP was merely a crude “internet” of teleprinters hooked together that shared information.

    Whither the AP « BuzzMachine 2008

  • Except that the 'cutting-edge design' features a title which looks as if it was printed on one of those dot-matrix printers which disappeared about fifteen years ago; and the editor's comments, introducing each blog extract, are printed in the kind of capitals-only font which was used by teleprinters until about twenty years ago.

    Tim Worstall (editor): 2005 Blogged Michael Allen 2005

  • A trademark for a brand of teleprinters and teletypewriters.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • A trademark for a brand of teleprinters and teletypewriters.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • There were no teleprinters or two-way radio facilities to link the offices.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • There were no teleprinters or two-way radio facilities to link the offices.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • There were no teleprinters or two-way radio facilities to link the offices.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • There were no teleprinters or two-way radio facilities to link the offices.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

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