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Linotype

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Li·no·type  (ln-tp)
A trademark used for a machine that sets type on a metal slug, operated by a keyboard.
Linotype
Noun
trademark a typesetting machine that casts an entire line of text on one piece of metal
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Noun1.LinotypeLinotype - a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
Linotype machine
typesetting machine - a printer that sets textual material in type
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
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There are even a few who are allowed to telephone their news directly to a swift linotype operator, who clicks it into type on his machine, without the scratch of a pencil.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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