Roneo
English
Etymology
ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”)
Noun
Roneo (plural Roneos)
- (chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 104:
- For his "sermons" were recorded and Roneo-copied for the benefit of absent members.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 91:
- on board would be a loyal caid, Hadj Sadok, who had the previous day received a roneo copy of the F.L.N.'s proclamation […]
Verb
Roneo (third-person singular simple present Roneos, present participle Roneoing, simple past and past participle Roneoed)
- To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
- 1963, John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Penguin Canada, published 2009, page 25:
- He pushed across the counter a roneoed form with his particulars entered in a sloping hand.
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