mimeograph

[ mim-ee-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
2. a copy made from a mimeograph.

verb (used with object)

1. to duplicate (something) by means of a mimeograph.

Mimeograph

/ ˈmɪmɪəˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. an office machine for printing multiple copies of text or line drawings from an inked drum to which a cut stencil is fixed
2. a copy produced by this machine

verb

1. to print copies from (a prepared stencil) using this machine

Other Words From

• un·mime·o·graphed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mimeograph¹

Formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

Before World, a biweekly, was launched in 1986, religious periodicals were often cheaply mimeographed and filled with church news.

From New York Times

Democrats were essentially broke ahead of the 1972 campaign and dependent on an old mimeograph machine.

From Los Angeles Times

Steinem remembers the days in which hand-outs and calls to action were made on a primitive duplicating machine called a mimeograph.

From BBC

“We did everything from mimeograph to walk door to door,” Molina said.

From Los Angeles Times

In response, a group of us got together and launched Agni as a mimeographed “underground” newspaper — because, as A.J.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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• imitation
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• replication