Definitions
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- noun In some typewriters, an arm
actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike theribbon to form a letter.
Etymologies
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type + bar
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Examples
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A typewriter is also appealing in its transparency -- whack a key, and watch the typebar smack a letter onto a piece of paper.
Boing Boing 2008
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QWERTY layout was designed as an effort to reduce the frequency of mechanical typewriter typebar clashes.
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