addressographn.
/əˈdrɛsəɡrɑːf/, /əˈdrɛsəɡraf/, U.S. /əˈdrɛsəˌɡræf/ Now chiefly historical.
An addressing machine.A proprietary name in the United States.
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society > communication > printing > miscellaneous printers' equipment > [noun] > machine for printing addresses
addressing machine1860
addresser1877
addressograph1894
1894 Station Agent Feb. 43/1 Addressograph. This is a cut of a simple mechanism with chain of addresses and is the most convenient and economical, as well as assuring correct and complete addressing of mailing lists.
1903 Sci. Amer. 14 Nov. 349/1 The addresses..are united upon the belt of an Addressograph, a machine well known in America.
1924 Public Opinion 11 July 37/1 The addresses have that dull, uninteresting look that an addressograph gives them.
1958 Observer 7 Dec. 3/6 Barbara, an addressograph operator.
1996 E. Boa Kafka iii. 48 The company..made office machinery such as addressographs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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