On foot, with a tent and a typewriter in their knapsacks, they toured the whole country.
That's because each key had a bar, parallel to bars from other keys, going into the innards of the typewriter.
He replied on a manual typewriter, he hand corrected his many errors but he went to some trouble to answer, that was obvious.
If a monkey began typing on a typewriter the result would be simple unspecified letters that would convey no information.
High-tech in the world at large was not much more than the electric typewriter.
Crashing his palms on the typewriter keys when he couldn't change the ribbon.
Finally, technology since the typewriter plays an important role in the choice of and maintenance of a system.
When the typewriter was invented, doctors found someone else to type their observations.
Witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera, or the automobile.
She put in two hours a day at the typewriter, even after receiving the sacrament of the dying.
British Dictionary definitions for typewriter
typewriter
/ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə/
noun
1.
a keyboard machine for writing mechanically in characters resembling print. It may be operated entirely by hand (manual typewriter) or be powered by electricity (electric typewriter)
2.
(printing) a style of type resembling typescript
Word Origin and History for typewriter
n.
in the mechanical sense, 1868, from type (n.) + writer.
Slang definitions & phrases for typewriter
typewriter
noun
A machine gun, esp a submachine gun; tommy gun(1915+)