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duplicating machine

American  

noun

  1. a duplicator, especially one for making identical copies of documents, letters, etc.

  2. profiler.


Etymology

Origin of duplicating machine

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Steinem remembers the days in which hand-outs and calls to action were made on a primitive duplicating machine called a mimeograph.

From BBC

Day and night, they printed thousands of new, even bolder, leaflets on a hand-cranked duplicating machine, possibly purchased with the money Sophie asked to borrow from Fritz.

From Literature

And then he added thoughtfully, “We really ought to have a duplicating machine.”

From Literature

Sophie grabbed a leaflet and noted that it had been produced on a duplicating machine.

From Literature

Indignation is not the only element in this series, which takes its style from Russian constructivism and its two-color scheme from the Risograph, a Japanese duplicating machine.

From Washington Post