mimeo
Americannoun
plural
mimeosEtymology
Origin of mimeo
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Locklin’s reputation as a poet had grown with the “mimeo revolution” of little magazines and small presses.
From Los Angeles Times
Lee’s mimeo of Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez’s The Octopus and Coral is a dazzling trompe l’oeil—creamy tentacles snake around meringue “rocks,” rice crackers marbled with squid ink and tendrils of limu seaweed.
Nineteen years later, Students for a Democratic Society used a mimeo to make 20,000 copies of their manifesto, "The Port Huron Statement," which helped spread the cause of student activism in the '60s.
From National Geographic
In due time this was prepared in mimeo graph form and sent routinely to all the committee members.
From Literature
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I remember the catalogue from the first show, done on a mimeo machine, smeared and illegible, its poverty a badge of authenticity.
From Literature
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