Polyfoton.
/ˈpɒlɪˌfəʊtəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌfoʊdoʊ/ Chiefly British. Now historical.
A small portrait photograph, one of a series (usually of forty-eight) taken in quick succession, esp. in an automatic kiosk. Frequently attributive, as Polyfoto kiosk, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > [noun] > photographic kiosk
Polyfoto1938
1933 Times 2 May 11/2 The Polyfoto, as the camera is called, is made in Denmark, but shortly is to be made in this country... The cost of 48 photographs on this camera is 2s. 6d.]
1938 Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Feb. 131/1 Polyfoto... Photographs. Polyfoto (International) Limited,..London,..merchants.
1962 ‘A. Gilbert’ No Dust in Attic v. 63 They ran against Miss Malpas coming out of the Polyfoto kiosk... Out of forty-eight positions there must be one that would reproduce satisfactorily.
1964 G. Sims Terrible Door xxv. 132 My husband was one of the first photographers to make strips of little films, rather like Polyphotos nowadays.
1997 F. Adcock Poems 1960–2000 (2000) 235 Here they are in a 50s Polyfoto—she with her shy smile, he with a muted version of the moustache.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
polyfotov.
/ˈpɒlɪˌfəʊtəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌfoʊdoʊ/ British. rare.
transitive. To take a Polyfoto of (a person).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > take photograph [verb (intransitive)] > be photographed
take1854
photograph1893
polyfoto1945
1945 ‘A. Gilbert’ Don't open Door xiii. 105 ‘Have you got a photograph of the girl?’ ‘She was polyfotoed the other day to please me.’
1965 E. J. Howard After Julius xviii. 277 He got himself polyphotoed..for his passport.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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