photocopier
[foh-tuh-kop-ee-er]
- any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
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Origin of photocopier
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He strokes the photocopier; he adores the machine, the way it flashes like lightning as it works, the way it whirs and hums.
photocopier
- an instrument using light-sensitive photographic materials to reproduce written, printed, or graphic work
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Word Origin and History for photocopier
1934, agent noun from photocopy (v.).
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