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varitype

[ vair-i-tahyp ]

verb (used without object)

varityped, varityping.
  1. to operate a Varityper.


verb (used with object)

varityped, varityping.
  1. to set (type) on a Varityper.

varitype

/ ˈvɛərɪˌtaɪp /

verb

  1. to produce (copy) on a Varityper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. copy produced on a Varityper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈvariˌtypist, noun
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Other Words From

  • vari·typist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of varitype1

Back formation from Varityper
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Example Sentences

The Trib, which used to pay its 460 printers about $45,000 a week, now pays its 161 VariType operators only $10,000 a week.

Under the settlement, the VariType machines will be wheeled into the back room, and Chicago's newspapers will again use linotype, as soon as possible�one to three weeks.

Then Woodruff Randolph, I.T.U. president, demanded that the I.T.U. be granted jurisdiction over VariType operators.

This would make it impossible for the papers to put out a VariType issue if the printers struck.

To play safe, the papers kept their VariType crews working.

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