Meanings
ditto machine1
plural ditto machines · alternative Ditto machine
- UShistoricalmediaSynonym 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, →ISSNSynonyms: spirit duplicator
Ditto machine2
plural Ditto machines
- Alternative letter-case form of ditto machine.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of spirit duplicator.
Origin
From the name of the manufacturer, Ditto Corporation.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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