Meaning & use
mimeo
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An informal shortening of "mimeograph," a machine or process once used to print multiple copies of a document from a stencil.
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The teacher handed out worksheets fresh off the mimeo, still smelling of ink.
Old fanzines were often mimeoed and distributed by mail.
A note on using this word
A dated term, largely replaced by photocopiers and printers; mostly encountered now in descriptions of mid-20th-century offices and schools.
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