Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, process, or skill of using a typewriter.
- noun Copy produced on a typewriter; typescript.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of printing letter by letter by the use of a typewriter; also, work done by this process.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act, or the skill, of using a
typewriter - noun the material produced by a typewriter;
typescript - verb Present participle of
typewrite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun writing done with a typewriter
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Examples
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And the speed with which that typewriting is acquired is a tremendous incentive to tackle more difficult tasks set them as time goes on.
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And the speed with which that typewriting is acquired is a tremendous incentive to tackle more difficult tasks set them as time goes on.
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So in the summer of 1905 I attended school at Cheyney, Pa., taking a special course in English, typewriting and shorthand.
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Now, I have not been saved from the strange young woman who has begun to flatter with her words; I don't in the least understand my way, since I have no notion what I shall do with her; and in taking her in and letting her loll upon my sofa of evenings, so as to show off her red slippers to my guests, I have thrown prudence to the winds; and my only witty invention was the idea of teaching her typewriting, which is futile.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896
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It was a kind of typewriting junior assistant fairy story, and we knew it couldn't happen really.
The Shuttle 1907
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It was a kind of typewriting junior assistant fairy story, and we knew it couldn't happen really.
The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Then, with the advent of the typewriter, women, particularly factory workers, began to see "typewriting" as a less strenuous way to earn a living.
Inside Higher Ed 2009
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Clerk wanted, with knowledge of shorthand, typewriting, and invoicing: wages ten shillings ($2.50) a week.
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It might have been the weirdness of the typewriting that prevented the editors from accepting at least one little offering of mine.
Chapter 23 2010
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Oh, between the writing and the typewriting I was well a-weary.
Chapter 23 2010
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