Mimeo (Noun)
Meaning
A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The administration office had an old mimeo machine that they still used occasionally for small printing jobs.
- She struggled to understand how to operate the mimeo properly as the instructions were unclear.
- The mimeo room was filled with the smell of ink as students worked on printing out flyers for their school's annual event.
- In the pre-photocopy days, the mimeo was the backbone of any news sheet or hand-out production.
- To distribute their latest newsletters, the staff had to wrestle with the temperamental mimeo machine once again.