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copying machine
noun
- a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of copying machine1
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Example Sentences
The current mutants are the virus’ first attempts to maximize its co-opting of the human population as viral copying machines.
He writes a beautiful hand, you know; and, I dare say, his mere services as a copying machine are of some value.
It has a cast-iron lid, secured by a screw and shackles, not unlike a copying machine.
At the age of twenty-four Petty took out a patent for the invention of a copying machine.
Being of an ingenious mechanical turn, we find him taking out a patent for a letter-copying machine.
The copying machine for Mr Secretary Thompson is in hand, and will soon be finished and sent to him.
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