Word
remington
Phoneticsrem·ing·ton
/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
Definition
n. a type of old-fashioned machine for writing or a specific kind of gun. These items were very famous in the past and are named after the company that made them.
n. a brand of typewriter or firearm produced by the E. Remington and Sons company and its successors. When used in a literary or historical context, it typically refers to the mechanical device or the weapon as a cultural icon of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Examples
“He wrote his entire novel on an old Remington.”
“The collector spent years searching for a Remington from the 1920s that still had all its original keys.”
“The rhythmic clacking of the Remington provided a percussive soundtrack to the newsroom, a sound that defined the era of print journalism before the digital revolution rendered such machines obsolete.”
Examples
simple
“He wrote his entire novel on an old Remington.”
contextual
“The collector spent years searching for a Remington from the 1920s that still had all its original keys.”
complex
“The rhythmic clacking of the Remington provided a percussive soundtrack to the newsroom, a sound that defined the era of print journalism before the digital revolution rendered such machines obsolete.”
Usage
Usually capitalized as it is a proper noun derived from a brand name.
Domain
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