Associations to the word «Mimeograph»

Wiktionary

MIMEOGRAPH, noun. An invention of Thomas A. Edison, a machine for making printed copies, using typed stencil, ubiquitous until the 1990s when photocopying became competitive (if not cheaper), and considerably easier to use.
MIMEOGRAPH, verb. To make mimeograph copies.

Dictionary definition

MIMEOGRAPH, noun. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
MIMEOGRAPH, verb. Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats