typewriter
[tahyp-rahy-ter]
- a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters like those produced by printers' types.
- Printing. a type style that gives the appearance of typewritten copy.
- Older Use. a typist.
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Origin of typewriter
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Examples from the Web for typewriter
Contemporary Examples
Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.
The most popular gift in Hollywood this Christmas is a typewriter.
The boxes are not arranged alphabetically, and a printer learns the case as one learns the typewriter keyboard.
Arbor House is paying Leonard $3 million for Freaky Deaky, the one in the typewriter now, and the one after it.
Slightly deeper, a man sits alone at a table with a typewriter—The Lost Correspondent.
Historical Examples
Shortly after the typewriter gave its final click the editor came in.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
Some day, I'm afraid, it will go, and then will come the typewriter.
One Day's CourtshipRobert Barr
It was typewritten, but the address of the typewriter copyist was on the cover.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens
It was the same when he turned from drawing board to typewriter.
Aunty May writes stories, too, only she uses a typewriter and I use a pencil.
W. A. G.'s TaleMargaret Turnbull
typewriter
- a keyboard machine for writing mechanically in characters resembling print. It may be operated entirely by hand (manual typewriter) or be powered by electricity (electric typewriter)
- printing a style of type resembling typescript
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Word Origin and History for typewriter
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