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frontstroke

adj

Etymology

From front + stroke.

  1. derived from *streyg-✻ — “to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”
  2. inherited from *straikaz✻ — “stroke”
  3. inherited from *straik✻
  4. inherited from strāc
  5. inherited from strok
  6. compounded as frontstroke — “front + stroke”

Definitions

  1. Of a typewriter

    Of a typewriter: having typebars that are arranged in an arc above the keyboard and swing upward to strike the front of the platen.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA