mimeograph

Example Sentences

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Steinem remembers the days in which hand-outs and calls to action were made on a primitive duplicating machine called a mimeograph.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

“We did everything from mimeograph to walk door to door,” Molina said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2023

I enjoyed the July 19 “Doonesbury” on the subject of virtual diplomas — until I reached the last panel that called the diploma a mimeograph because it was purple.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020

We wrote exposes of Big Oil’s role in Viet Nam and of the uselessness of smoking banana peels, cranking out copies on our mimeograph machine, selling them for a nickel in the bathrooms at school.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2019

The word “eradication” still came easily from the Department’s mimeograph machines; this time the press releases were promising the eradication of the fire ant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson