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ditto machine

ditto machine noun: synonym of spirit duplicator.

Noun (1)

ditto machine (plural ditto machines)

  1. (US, historical) Synonym of spirit duplicator.
    • As Mr. Friedlander conceived it, Reason was neither strictly right-wing libertarian nor strictly left — in modern parlance, neither red nor blue but a purple amalgam of the two. It was genuinely purple at first, as it was run off on a ditto machine.2011 May 7, Margalit Fox, “Lanny Friedlander, Founder of Reason Magazine, Dies at 63”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Noun (2) capitalized: Ditto machine

Ditto machine (plural Ditto machines)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ditto machine.

Synonyms of ditto machine

Forms of ditto machine

pluralditto machines
alternative formDitto machine
pluralDitto machines

Origin of ditto machine

From the name of the manufacturer, Ditto Corporation.

Words formed from ditto machine

Questions about ditto machine

What does ditto machine mean?
Ditto machine means synonym of spirit duplicator.
What part of speech is ditto machine?
Ditto machine is a noun.
What is the plural of ditto machine?
The plural of ditto machine is ditto machines.

Words near ditto machine in the dictionary

  1. Dittmans
  2. dittmarite
  3. Dittmer
  4. Dittmers
  5. ditto
  6. ditto machine
  7. ditto machines
  8. ditto mark
  9. ditto marks
  10. ditto master
  11. ditto masters

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