Roneo

See also: roneo and ronéo

English

Etymology

ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”)

Noun

Roneo (plural Roneos)

1. (chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 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, published 2006, page 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 […]

Verb

Roneo (third-person singular simple present Roneos, present participle Roneoing, simple past and past participle Roneoed)

1. To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
   • 1963, John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Penguin Canada, published 2009, page 25:

     He pushed across the counter a roneoed form with his particulars entered in a sloping hand.