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type-casting, vbl. n.|ˈtaɪpkɑːstɪŋ, -æ-|
Also as one word.
[f. type n.1 + casting vbl. n.]
1. The forming of metal, wood, etc., into type for printing. Also attrib. So type-caster.
1847in Inquiry Yorksh. Deaf & Dumb (1870) 19 As a type-caster..we consider him a good hand. 1864T. L. Nichols Forty Years Amer. Life I. 381 By the use of type-casting machines a workman can cast ninety brevier types a minute. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Type-casting,..Type casting and setting machine. 1897Daily News 2 Feb. 2/1 The Wicks Rotary Type-Casting Machine can cast..from 40,000 to 60,000 letters per hour. 1967V. Strauss Printing Industry ii. 66/1 Hot-metal machines are type-casting equipment.
2. The casting of an actor in a role or roles for which he appears to be physically or temperamentally suited or of a kind in which he has been successful; the fact of being so cast. Also transf. and in extended use, representation as a stereotype or stereotypes.
1927Observer 25 Sept. 13/4 Please do not conclude that I believe in ‘type-casting’; an actor should in his time play many sorts of part. 1947A. Menen Prevalence of Witches xi. 190 He says..why pick on him to work a miracle? He says it's his beard..; he says its just type⁓casting, like they do in pictures. 1960Twentieth Cent. Dec. 588 These Dickensian names suggest the general feeling of type-casting. 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon iii. 38 Film-music composers are just as liable to type-casting as actors and actresses. 1979D. Arkell Looking for Laforgue iii. 78 Laforgue was invariably given the part of Colline, the philosopher... It would appear to have been excellent type-casting. |