| 单词 | case man |
| 释义 | > as lemmascase man case man n. Printing (now historical) a compositor. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor compositor1569 composer1634 setter1648 galley slave1683 typo1816 type-sticker1842 typist1843 setter-up1853 case man1855 typesetter1867 comp1870 compositress1885 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Case-man, among printers, one who works at the case or sets types; a compositor. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. (1912) Oct. 776/1 I saw the operator set at the rate of 3,000 ems an hour, which, counting distribution, was but little short of four case-men's work. 2009 P. Carey Parrot & Olivier in Amer. 44 Piggott required a case man—that is, a compositor—who would lift types for sixpence a thousand. < as lemmas |
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