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ditto machines

ditto machines is the plural of ditto machine.

Meaning of ditto machine

Noun

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

Questions about ditto machines

What is ditto machines the plural of?
Ditto machines is the plural of ditto machine.

Words near ditto machines in the dictionary

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

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