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shift lock

noun

shift lock

noun
1

A lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.

  • Belinda released the shift lock and reverted to lower case.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 264:

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