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remington

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈɹɛmɪŋtən// rem·ing·ton

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.


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.

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