Definitions
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- verb make copies on a Roneograph
- noun a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
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Examples
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We took our collection of songs old and new, some in books and magazines, and some hand written, to a dozen or so union offices in Sydney to get them retyped onto roneo or gestetner stencils.
Union is Strength CD 1981
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Luckily I had a small typewriter and roneo machine in the ceiling space with me.
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On t'other hand, he does make the point that 1970s-style HQs dependent on reproducing staffwork using typewriters and roneo 'skins' were under more pressure to be very brief.
Army Rumour Service 2010
chained_bear commented on the word roneo
"These vets' reports, being roneoed copies and therefore on hydroscopic paper, were damp."
—Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 562
April 18, 2009