Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A machine for photographically reproducing written, printed, or graphic material, especially by xerography.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and
printing duplicates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
Etymologies
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Examples
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Marburger: How about this: Have you ever heard the term "photocopier" or "photocopy" used in the Recorder's office by anybody?
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
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At universities they called the photocopier 'the Chinese Take-Away'.
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This thing about what happens when you Google the word photocopier, because you can't not use pictures like this when they come along:
UK:RESISTANCE 2008
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This thing about what happens when you Google the word photocopier, because you can't not use pictures like this when they come along:
UK:RESISTANCE 2008
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This thing about what happens when you Google the word photocopier, because you can't not use pictures like this when they come along:
UK:RESISTANCE 2008
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This thing about what happens when you Google the word photocopier, because you can't not use pictures like this when they come along:
UK:RESISTANCE 2008
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The photocopier was a big old thing on a rickety trolley.
Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992
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Moorhouse - case law that involved a University providing students with access to library books and a photocopier but not taking reasonable steps to ensure students didn't make illegal copies of the texts - came at a time when a photocopier was a "fairly new and powerful technology" - drawing similarities with the current case, which involved the internet.
iTnews Australia 2010
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Who's using the other computer ... and where the hell can I get a $600 copier (assuming it's not one of them MFPs that they just called a photocopier)?
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Steve Mitchelmore on Jonathan Yardley as "photocopier":
Book Reviewing 2010
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