"Roneo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Roneos [plural]
Etymology: ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Roneo (plural Roneos)
  1. (chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Roneo-en-noun-Ju-yZiae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8

Verb

Forms: Roneos [present, singular, third-person], Roneoing [participle, present], Roneoed [participle, past], Roneoed [past]
Etymology: ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Roneo (third-person singular simple present Roneos, present participle Roneoing, simple past and past participle Roneoed)
  1. To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
    Sense id: en-Roneo-en-verb-KiLrRrOv

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 104:",
          "text": "For his \"sermons\" were recorded and Roneo-copied for the benefit of absent members.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 91:",
          "text": "on board would be a loyal caid, Hadj Sadok, who had the previous day received a roneo copy of the F.L.N.'s proclamation […]",
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        }
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        "(chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils."
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        "historical"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Roneoed",
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        {
          "ref": "1963, John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Penguin Canada, published 2009, page 25:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 91:",
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