Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A printer who does miscellaneous work, such as the printing of bills, programs, circulars, cards, etc.
- noun Specifically A type-setter who composes cards, circulars, posters, and commercial forms with types made for that purpose.
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Examples
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Orion was frantic for work; he had begged for a position as a job-printer in several shops in St. Louis, and had been ignored or turned down.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Orion was frantic for work; he had begged for a position as a job-printer in several shops in St. Louis, and had been ignored or turned down.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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And that reminds me, ungrateful dog that I am, that I owe as much to your training as the rude country job-printer owes to the city boss who takes him in hand and teaches him the right way to handle his art.
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And that reminds me, ungrateful dog that I am, that I owe as much to your training as the rude country job-printer owes to the city boss who takes him in hand and teaches him the right way to handle his art.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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And that reminds me, ungrateful dog that I am, that I owe as much to your training as the rude country job-printer owes to the city boss who takes him in hand and teaches him the right way to handle his art.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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"And that reminds me, ungrateful dog that I am, that I owe as much to your training as the rude country job-printer owes to the city boss who takes him in hand and teaches him the right way to handle his art.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) Mark Twain 1872
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"And that reminds me, ungrateful dog that I am, that I owe as much to your training as the rude country job-printer owes to the city boss who takes him in hand and teaches him the right way to handle his art.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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