单词 | press-copy |
释义 | press-copyv. Now historical and rare. transitive. To make a press copy of (a document). ΚΠ 1869 R. Hart Let. 26 Feb. in J. K. Fairbank et al. I. G. in Peking (1975) I. 47 I cannot press-copy my letters satisfactorily, for my hand gets so small when I am in a hurry that a press-copy is soon illegible. 1888 Times 3 Nov. 10/3 He then press copied the letter, inserting a slip bearing the figures £26,105 6s. 2d. over the blank space, so that the press copy letter-book gives those figures. He afterwards filled in the blank space in the letter actually sent with the figures £23,105 6s. 2d. 1904 A. Bennett Great Man xiv. 151 The letter was not dictated... But then it was press-copied; I am sure of that by the smudges on it. 1925 Times 5 Mar. 9/2 That letter..had never been press-copied into his letter-book. 1944 H. Abend Treaty Ports xx. 195 All records were made with indelible ink or indelible pencils so that they could be press-copied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1869 |
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