duplicator

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

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noun

a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.

Origin of duplicator

First recorded in 1890–95; duplicate + -or²

Words Nearby duplicator

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How to use duplicator in a sentence

The more complicated answer offers important lessons for would-be duplicators across all levels of the sport.
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Now, Orbital Comics Gallery is seeking to address the issue through an exhibit titled 'Image duplicator.'
Revenge of the Nerds! | William O’Connor | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
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I manned the remote control panel for the duplicator Construction Company.
Joy Ride | Mark Meadows

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
In the Roneo rotary duplicator, a metal frame supports a cylinder of thin, perforated steel.
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British Dictionary definitions for duplicator

duplicator

/ (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪtə) /

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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