Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An early impression of an engraving, taken with greater care than an ordinary print; a proof.
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Examples
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A proof-print of the "Nansen Passport" published in
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A proof-print of the "Nansen Passport" published in France.
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But when the revolutionary project was introduced, the president's guarded cordiality faded like a photographic proof-print in the sunlight, and the air of the darkened library grew coldly inclement.
Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893
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