Remington
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5.8
- proper noun
- /ˈrɛmɪŋtən/
- Archaic
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Remington
- I have a Remington portable on my bookshelf (still works minus the "Pp" key) because of that movie.
- Remington typewriter
- Remington portable typewriter
- Remington Rand
Examples
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For those longing for the clacks and swoosh of a Remington, you can still get one.
Blog text (24) -
And then in 1995, in the spirit of the old Remington catchphrase, IBM liked the product so much, they bought the company!
Blog text (24) -
It was an ancient Remington, not electronic and definitely not a word processor.
Fiction book (1992) -
Two typewriters, a Remington Portable, which I posted about here, and an Imperial Good Companion 5.
Blog text (18) -
I have to say it's okay to type on, but I have two Olympia SMs and a Remington Quiet-Riter that I prefer to write with.
Blog text (18) -
My first typewriter, a portable Remington Quiet-Riter, was on the Toya Maru train ferry the night it overturned in the Tsugaru Strait.
Fiction book (1990) -
He used his old Remington typewriter to write letters to his friends.
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My grandfather still has a Remington portable typewriter from the 1960s.
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In the corner of the office, there was a shiny Remington desk model typewriter.
Synonyms
13
5.6
A major American company that makes electric products and equipment
A company that puts words and pictures on paper for other businesses
Surface Forms
Etymology
Remington is an English family name from a place name, where -ton means 'town' or 'farm'. The firm that made early typewriters used the family name, so a classic typewriter became known as a Remington.