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photocopier

[ foh-tuh-kop-ee-er ]

noun

  1. any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.


photocopier

/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌkɒpɪə /

noun

  1. an instrument using light-sensitive photographic materials to reproduce written, printed, or graphic work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of photocopier1

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + copier
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Example Sentences

Last week, Xerox said it would lay off 15 percent of its 23,000-member global staff in the first quarter of 2024, an effort to further shift its focus to services and away from photocopiers.

She described standing at a photocopier when Mr. Cohen appeared behind her, cupped her bottom with both hands, grunted and breathed heavily into her ear.

A cleaner noted the following morning that red wine had been spilled on one wall and on a number of boxes of photocopier paper.

From BBC

But he does press the precious volume flat on a photocopier, and at one point even stashes it behind a minifridge.

She sketches her characters on paper first, then enlarges the drawings on a photocopier before “dressing them up” with fabrics on a large table, she said.

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