typewriter
a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters like those produced by printers' types.
Printing. a type style that gives the appearance of typewritten copy.
Older Use. a typist.
Origin of typewriter
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How to use typewriter in a sentence
The lilting melody is interrupted by the clacking of a typewriter, as Dylan hammers out lyrics, smokes a cigarette and chats with manager Albert Grossman.
‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years | David Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostMy father had this typewriter when he’s 90, and he always had a ribbon.
Arthur Scherbius, Enigma’s inventor, built what looked like a close relative of a typewriter.
Hackers thrive on the weak link in cybersecurity: People | Gershom Gorenberg | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostHe used a Braille typewriter early in his career but spent decades working with amanuenses, dictating to them pages that he wrote in his head and revised out loud — millions of words in all, spanning 27 books.
Ved Mehta, whose monumental autobiography explored life in India, dies at 86 | Harrison Smith | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostEven before he graduated, he took a job at the commissioners’ office, hired in 1889 as a “stenographer and typewriter.”
‘Purity’ was one of Hollywood’s most controversial films. Meet its D.C. writer. | John Kelly | January 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most popular gift in Hollywood this Christmas is a typewriter.
The boxes are not arranged alphabetically, and a printer learns the case as one learns the typewriter keyboard.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTArbor House is paying Leonard $3 million for Freaky Deaky, the one in the typewriter now, and the one after it.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSlightly deeper, a man sits alone at a table with a typewriter—The Lost Correspondent.
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures Are a Sight to Sea | Justin Jones | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was here a little while ago and nobody answered my knock, though I could hear that typewriter going rat, tat, tat all the time.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonAs it was vacation week, she let Jess go right ahead to settle things while she stuck to the typewriter.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonThe lieutenants and sergeants flushed; the girl privates jumped their fingers onto typewriter keys.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangShe'd had the clatter of my typewriter dinned into her pretty ears all day, and she knew who I was, even if it was dark.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeIsal-ub (sal-úba) ang hapin sa makinilya, Put the cover on the typewriter.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. Wolff
British Dictionary definitions for typewriter
/ (ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə) /
a keyboard machine for writing mechanically in characters resembling print. It may be operated entirely by hand (manual typewriter) or be powered by electricity (electric typewriter)
printing a style of type resembling typescript
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