calender
Americannoun
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a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
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a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.
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Origin of calender
1505–15; < Middle French calandre, by vowel assimilation < *colandre < Vulgar Latin *colendra, for Latin cylindrus cylinder; compare Middle English calendrer (< Anglo-French ) as name of occupation
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From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
In The Shepheardes Calender, Spenser's June is a tale of love lost to a rival swain.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012
Tamara Drewe should appeal to older Middle England audiences that embraced British comedies such as Calender Girls and make some inroads into 15-24 and 25-34 categories, where it will compete with those other titles.
From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010
Therefore I propose to myself to search at Calender a place at the interior, et voil�—and see there—the breack has no interior!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
After the appearance of the Shepherd's Calender some years elapsed before English poetry again ventured upon the domain of pastoral, at least in any serious composition.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
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