ditto machine en · NOUN
Etymology
From the name of the manufacturer, Ditto Corporation.
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ditto machines | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Ditto machine | alternative | lexicographic |