Linotype™
noun/ˈlaɪnəʊtaɪp/
/ˈlaɪnəʊtaɪp/
- a machine used in the past for printing newspapers, that produces a line of words as one strip of metalWord Originlate 19th cent.: alteration of the phrase line o' type.
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