Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine devised to perform the operation of counting; a *tallying-machine (which see).
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Examples
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Third, one of the known methods of performing such work must be selected, as the system of small strokes, that of small blanks to be filled, or an electrical counting-machine, and the respective divisions of the work must be closely scrutinized.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The rutted money-grabber may deny till he is a nerve-racked counting-machine, but youth, even to the end of time, will laugh to scorn his pessimism and venture with elastic heel where danger and mystery offer their dubious hazards.
Bucky O'Connor William MacLeod Raine 1912
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A member of this class may not be able to do the simplest sum in arithmetic without the assistance of his counting-machine, but he may be able to write an essay on the meanings of ideographs, reproduce a trimetrical classic, or quote the philosophic works of Confucius and the
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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