Typewriting
['taɪp,raɪtɪŋ] or ['taɪp'raɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.
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Examples
- Mr. Windibank draws my interest every quarter and pays it over to mother, and I find that I can do pretty well with what I earn at typewriting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In all typewriters accurate location of the impression is essential to proper alignment of the letters, and proper alignment is the _sine qua non_ of typewriting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Was answering an advertisement about typewriting and came to the wrong number--very pleasant, genteel young woman, sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In 1898 there were exported from the United States typewriting machines to the value of $1,902,153. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Do you not find, he said, that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was named after James and Amos Densmore, who had been connected with typewriting interests from the time of Sholes’ first practical machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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