a keyboard machine, powered by electricity, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
Examples of 'electric typewriter' in a sentence
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Marianne rose and stepped over the extended lead from her electric typewriter.
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Afterwards, with the money, he was able to buy an electric typewriter, which he taught himself to use.
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The professor of engineering came into the office and was asked if he would repair an ailing electric typewriter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He never succumbed to an electric typewriter let alone a personal computer or word processor.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I worked as a journalist on a small magazine, sharing an electric typewriter with two colleagues.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One new novel is with the publishers; another, hand-written, is waiting to be transposed to his trusty electric typewriter.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He embarks with just the barest outline of the plot, types each page on an electric typewriter, then never goes back to change a word.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rather than a computer, he uses one of three electric typewriters.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Transitional technology between old-style typewriters and computer-linked printers, they were electric typewriters with a primitive form of electronic memory.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He wrote in his thermal underwear at a desk surrounded by six electric typewriters, taking turns on each machine.