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Definition of Linotype™ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Linotype™

noun

/ˈlaɪnəʊtaɪp/

/ˈlaɪnəʊtaɪp/

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a machine used in the past for printing newspapers, that produces a line of words as one strip of metal
Word Originlate 19th cent.: alteration of the phrase line o' type.

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