pressmanshipn.
/ˈprɛsmənʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈprɛsmənʃɪp/ 1. The occupation of printer; skill or quality of printing work.
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society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > occupation as
pressmanship1825
society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > skill as
pressmanship1923
1825 T. C. Hansard Typographia 912 Those sheet-anchors of pressmanship called points.
1923 H. A. Maddox Printing x. 125 Printing from three-colour half-tone blocks demands a high standard of pressmanship.
1982 Q. Rev. Biol. 57 312/2 The few poorly drafted figures and errors do not mar the overall high quality of the ‘pressmanship’ and editing.
1992 Packaging Digest (Nexis) Oct. 178 Recycled board doesn't register nearly as well because..it doesn't always print as cleanly. So we simply overcame that problem with good pressmanship.
2. Journalism.
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society > communication > journalism > [noun]
newspapering1816
journalism1833
magazine writing1835
journalistics1838
pressmanship1882
print journalism1961
print writing1976
1882 Sat. Rev. 1 Apr. 409/1 During his sixteen years of pressmanship..the passion for truth has solely possessed him.
1996 Seattle Times (Nexis) 30 May b5 How does a major metropolitan newspaper justify inciting small, radical, relatively uneducated and antisocial elements of civilized society with such yellow pressmanship?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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