photocopiern.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌkɒpɪə/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdəˌkoʊpiər/ 1. A machine for producing photocopies; (now) spec. a machine for producing facsimiles of documentary material by a process usually involving the electrical or chemical action of light on a specially prepared surface.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier
photocopier1911
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 93/2 Mr. B. J. Hall, whose photo-copier consists of two semi-circular glasses forming a cylinder, which may be revolved, and through which an arc lamp travels while the tracing and sensitized paper are strapped to its outer surface.
1959 Economist 21 Mar. 1087/1 For more than 20 to 25 copies it will prove cheaper to use some kind of duplicator than even the cheapest type of photocopyer.
1964 D. Francis Nerve xvi. 210 I made ten copies of this statement and then on the photocopier printed ten copies each of the statements.
2001 What Digital Camera Aug. 80/2 Flatbed scanners are used to digitise prints and operate in a similar manner to desktop photocopiers.
2. A person who operates a photocopying machine.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using > one who operates a photocopier
photocopier1977
1977 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 15/2 A fourth man,..who had worked at Somerset House as a photocopier, was jailed for nine months.
1989 Independent 25 Nov. 3/4 Mr Morley had threatened to report Brown, a photocopier, for defying a no-smoking rule.
1995 P. Bourgois In Search of Respect (1997) iv. 115 Employment as mail room clerks, photocopiers, and messengers in the high-rise office corridors of the financial district propels many inner-city youths into a wrenching cultural confrontation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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