typewriter
noun B1- A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
- A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
- A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.
Plural typewriters
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A maid showed me in without ceremony, and as I entered the sitting-room a lady, who was sitting before a Remington typewriter, sprang up with a pleasant smile of welcome.
“What can I tell you about him?” she asked, and her fingers played nervously over the stops of her typewriter.
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