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typewriter|ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə(r)|
[f. type n.1 + writer.]
1. A writing-machine having types for the letters of the alphabet, figures, and punctuation-marks, so arranged on separate rods (or on the periphery of a wheel) that as each key of the machine is depressed the corresponding character is imprinted in line on a moving sheet.
1868C. L. Sholes et al. U.S. Patent 79,265 23 June 4 Thus made, the type-writer is the simplest, most perfectly adapted to its work. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., The Sholes type-writer..is about the size of the sewing-machine, and is worked with keys arranged in four banks or rows. 1881X-Y-Z Guide (N.Y.) Oct. p. iv, Manufacturers of the best Type Writer in the market. 1897G. Allen Type-writer Girl iii, My type-writer continued to go click, click, click. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 25 One typewriter..is worked by means of a handle which is grasped.
2. One who does typewriting, esp. as a regular occupation; = typist 2.
1884N. York Herald 27 Oct. 7/2 Situation wanted—by lady, rapid stenographer and typewriter. 1887St. James's Gaz. 22 Dec., Women..beat them [men] altogether as type⁓writers and ‘dry-goods clerks’. 1895How to get Married 86 The marriage of the type-writer and her employer is so frequent that it has passed into a joke.
3. A machine-gun or sub-machine-gun. slang.
1915A. D. Gillespie Let. 3 Mar. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 31 The only typewriter here is the machine-gun—the men's nickname for it. 1930Sun (Baltimore) 25 Oct. 10/3 When the ‘typewriters’, as machine guns are called, rattle, it is natural for the police to suspect these ‘independents’ even of shooting each other. 1959‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies vii. 101 ‘You associate typewriters with more than one guy.’.. ‘Typewriters?’ Bella asked. ‘Submachine gun. Browning, maybe..firing automatic.’ 1973P. Evans Bodyguard Man iii. 25 Al Capone['s]..torpedoes..were mean with a Thompson ‘type-writer’.
4. attrib. and Comb. as typewriter cover, typewriter ribbon, etc.
1889Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 2/1 The typewriter industry..is a thing to itself. 1897G. Allen Type-writer Girl xi, Ten thousand type-writer girls crowd London to-day. 1900Doyle Green Flag 13 The typewriter-like clicking of the hopper. 1902E. Banks Newspaper Girl 4 My fingers..flew over the typewriter keys. Ibid. 155, I took my typewriter brush out, as though to wash it in the kitchen sink. 1903Christendom 13 June 393 Please furnish..12 typewriter ribbons. 1934Webster, Typewriter cover. 1966D. Francis Flying Finish i. 8 Maggie's..typewriter cover askew. 1975‘D. Jordan’ Black Account xiv. 74 She was busy..with her typewriter ribbon. |