Manuscript

document written by hand

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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  • Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
    • Attributed to Oliver Herford in Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 187.
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