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MIMEO
mimeograph, mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph
(noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
mimeograph, mimeo
(verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; “She mimeographed the syllabus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Abbreviation.
Noun
mimeo (plural mimeos)
A mimeograph.
Usage notes
• (unpublished paper): May refer to a paper that is not in the process of being published or that is not part of an institutional working paper series.
Verb
mimeo (third-person singular simple present mimeos, present participle mimeoing, simple past and past participle mimeoed)
To mimeograph.
Source: Wiktionary
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