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David put him under one of the cleverest workmen, and took him for his copy-holder, his page.
Eve and David 2007
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David put him under one of the cleverest workmen, and took him for his copy-holder, his page.
Eve and David 2007
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The galley-proof, with the corresponding copy, is then handed to the proof-reader, who is assisted by a "copy-holder" (an assistant who reads the copy aloud) in comparing it with the manuscript and marking typographical errors and departures from copy on its margin.
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And here a sentence has been left out which he wrote on the back of his copy and has been skipped by compositor, copy-holder, proof-reader, and reviser alike!
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Then the boy sat at the machine with his hands folded in his lap, gazing at the empty copy-holder out of dead eyes.
In Our Town William Allen White 1906
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The chief difference between the copy-holder and the free-holder was, the free-holder's rent could not be raised as the land rose in value.
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David put him under one of the cleverest workmen, and took him for his copy-holder, his page.
Eve and David Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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David put him under one of the cleverest workmen, and took him for his copy-holder, his page.
Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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If they'd accept a copy-holder, we clerks are naturally _copy_-holders.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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“Why, he was my youngster; I trained him, I took him on as my copy-holder.
Eve and David 2007
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