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business machine

American  

noun

  1. a machine for expediting clerical work, as a tabulator or adding machine.


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Friends said Hackman came to cherish the simpler life away from paparazzi and hype of the show business machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

Mr. Moseley worked as a business machine operator and had never been convicted of any crime.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2016

Or should it be a cold, lean, mean, business machine, a device with more power than heart, optimized to let you get your work done as quickly and cheaply as possible?

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2014

However, it was priced and sold as a business machine, and was more robust than Dell's consumer-grade equivalent, the Inspiron 600M.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012

He was not a mere business machine, a mere money-maker.

From Santa Claus's Partner by Thomas Nelson Page

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