duplicator

[doo-pli-key-ter, dyoo-]

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noun

a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.

RELATED WORDS

copier, photocopier, Xerox

Origin of duplicator

First recorded in 1890–95; duplicate + -or²

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Examples from the Web for duplicator

Historical Examples of duplicator

The only real pieces of evidence were your duplicator and the original gun.
Watch the Sky
James H. Schmitz
"Miss Peters will do that with the duplicator," beamed Avelyn.
For the School Colours
Angela Brazil
This duplicator, a tube about 2½ inches in diameter and about 12 inches long, was used to copy farm records.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology
John T. Schlebecker
My idea was to ask Miss White to lend us the duplicator, and we'd make a copy for each Form.
The Leader of the Lower School
Angela Brazil
It was a new experience to turn the handle of the duplicator, and, in shirt-sleeve garb, to clip up the pages.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge
Alfred F. B. Carpenter

British Dictionary definitions for duplicator

duplicator

noun

an apparatus for making replicas of an original, such as a machine using a stencil wrapped on an ink-loaded drum

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