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copy-holder
copy-holder n. (a) a clasp for holding printer's copy while being set up; (b) a proof-reader's assistant who reads the copy aloud to the proof-reader.
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society > communication > printing > printer > readers, collators, etc. > [noun] > proof-reader's assistant
reading boy1808
copy-holder1888
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 701/2 This proof is read through and compared with the copy by the proof reader or corrector of the press and an assistant, the copy~holder or reading boy.
1888 Congr. Rec. 24 Jan. 666/1 Persons employed in the Printing Office under the names of proof-readers and copyholders.
1897 Daily News 2 June 12/6 Copyholder (expd.) seeks Grass or Permanency.
1906 Daily Chron. 14 June 5/5 A copyholder and assistant reader on a London morning-paper.
1951 S. Jennett Making of Bks. vi. 87 A copyholder is then called, to read aloud from the author's manuscript or typescript while the reader follows the wording of the proof, checking it with what the copyholder is reading.
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