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Definition of "electric typewriter" []

  • A typewriter powered by an electric motor (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "electric typewriter" in a sentence
  • "A moment or so later the girl who made the transcript on the electric typewriter came in, smiled at me meaninglessly, and I sat down and talked an account into the little microphone on my chest of what had happened with me during the previous two days, making it brief but omitting nothing."
  • "Only then, with the morning sun peeping between the curtains, did I feel able to take stock of my well-appointed room, which harmoniously combined traditional with modern, including a mirrored dressing table complete with old-style electric typewriter and A4 paper, chest of drawers and armoire, plus trouser-press and early-morning tea tray with plastic kettle and Shaker rocking chair."
  • "She left, nodding, and I thanked her, and I found an electric typewriter under a fitted dust-cover, plugged ready into the current."
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