typewrite
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of typewrite
First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter
Example Sentences
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It sounds like what a dude with a drawl would say if you asked for the past tense of "typewrite."
From Golf Digest • Jun. 12, 2017
Supposedly those symbols sum up greatness with an economy and precision which would surely elude an army of sportswriters hitting random keys on a typewrite for an infinite amount of time.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
He needs a priest who has been graduated in canon law and theology, who knows French, who can typewrite.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day they met again, and Emily was able to explain everything, for in the meantime she had learned to typewrite.
From Time Magazine Archive
He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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