mimeo
Americannoun
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mimeos
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mimeo
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Is there a particular mimeo you’re still hunting down?
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
The mimeo documents would be circulated for comments.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2011
Publishers that originally ignored the Bay Area and New York schools of poets started to take notice as mimeo books spread.
From National Geographic
All of the speeches come from the same source: the high-speed mimeo graph in the Seattle basement of the ghost who writes and retails them by mail at $2.50 apiece.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember the catalogue from the first show, done on a mimeo machine, smeared and illegible, its poverty a badge of authenticity.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
These mimeos cost between $50 and a hundred dollars in 1950, equivalent to about $500 to a thousand dollars today, and were at first mostly used in schools and offices.
From National Geographic
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