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Tippex

Tippex |ˈtɪpɛks |(also Tipp-Ex ) Brit. trademark ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of correction fluid. ▶verb [ with obj. ] delete with correction fluid. ORIGIN 1960s: from German, from tippen ‘to type ’ and Latin ex ‘out ’.

 

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Tippex

Tippex |ˈtɪpɛks |(also Tipp-Ex ) Brit. trademark ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of correction fluid. ▶verb [ with obj. ] delete with correction fluid. ORIGIN 1960s: from German, from tippen ‘to type ’ and Latin ex ‘out ’.