Roneo
See also: roneo and ronéo
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 1992, p. 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 2006, p. 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 […]
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 104:
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 2009, p. 25:
- He pushed across the counter a roneoed form with his particulars entered in a sloping hand.
- 1963, John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Penguin Canada 2009, p. 25: