date-stampingn.
/ˈdeɪtstampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdeɪtˌstæmpɪŋ/ The action of stamping a date on something. Cf. date-stamp v.
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1849 R. Hill Papers respecting Reduction Sunday Labour in Post-Office 14 in Accts. & Papers (House of Commons) (1850) LIII I also submit, that..the date stamping of the inland ‘forward’ letters..be omitted.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 5/2 The date-stamping apparatus on the counter [of a ticket-office].
1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 102/1 The first process..to which letters are subjected is that of date-stamping.
1960 News. Chron. 22 Sept. 9/7 A housewife faced a conference of food inspectors..to demand the date-stamping of all perishable foods.
1998 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. i. 19/2 Incorrect date-stamping could pose legal problems or contribute to incorrect diagnoses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1849- throw a spanner in the works
- throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
- throw a stone or stones
- throw a stone or stones at
- throw a veil over
- throw a whitey
- throw a wingding
- throw a wobbler
- throw a wobbly
- throw about
- throw about one
- throw abroad
- throw adown
- throw aside
- throw at all
- throw at one's heels
- throw away
- throw away the key
- throw away the scabbard
- throw back
- throw bag
- throw bouquets
- throw by
- throw cast a stone or stones
- throw cast a stone or stones at