[f. TYPE v. + -ER1.] A typewriting machine: = TYPEWRITER 1.

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1892.  in Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., 27 May, 4/7. For ‘typewriter’ (the machine) say ‘typer.’

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1915.  Morn. Post, 5 Feb., 2/1. It is … typewritten, for ‘we have bagged another German typer.’

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