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kodak
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kodak, n. [An invented name.].
- A kind of portable photographic camera, esp. adapted for snapshot work, in which a succession of negatives is made upon a continuous roll of sensitized film; -- originally a trademark name of the Eastman Kodak Company, but from early 1900's through the 1930's it was popularly applied to almost any hand camera. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A photograph taken with a kodak. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
kodak, v. t. & i.
To photograph with a kodak; hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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