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Floor covering; the kind printers use (8)

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I believe the answer is:

linotype

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'printers use' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'floor covering the kind' is the wordplay.
'floor covering' becomes 'lino' (short for linoleum).
'the kind' becomes 'type' (type is a kind of kind).
'lino'+'type'='LINOTYPE'

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(Other definitions for linotype that I've seen before include "Old composing machine produced words in metal strips" , "Composing machine that produces lines of words in strips of metal" , "Old-style typesetting machine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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