| 单词 | printer's devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprinter's devil a. More fully printer's devil. A young assistant (sometimes the youngest apprentice) in a printing office. Now chiefly historical.Usually referring to a boy, but in quot. 1791 a girl or young woman.Apparently with reference to such assistants getting covered in ink in the course of their work (see quot. 1683). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > errand-boy devil1683 printer's devil1716 copy-boy1888 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 383 The Press-man sometimes has a Week-Boy to Take Sheets, as they are Printed off the Tympan: These Boys do in a Printing-House, commonly black and Dawb themselves: whence the Workmen do Jocosely call them Devils; and sometimes Spirits, and sometimes Flies. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋13 Mr. Bickerstaff's Messenger, or (as the Printers call him) Devil, going to the Press. a1764 R. Lloyd Dialogue in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 4 And in the morning when I stir, Pop comes a Devil ‘Copy Sir’. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 387 He had married a printer's devil... J. Reynolds: ‘I thought a printer's devil was a creature with a black face and in rags.’ Johnson: ‘Yes, Sir. But I suppose, he had her face washed, and put clean clothes on her.’ 1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled at Sematology Mr. Woodfall's men, from the devil up to the reader. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. I. p. xxviii As neither space, time, nor printers devils are under control, I must therefore content myself with the above brief..review. 1922 Amer. Printer 5 Mar. 88 Experience in every line of printing from devil up and five years' reporter and desk on metropolitan dailies. 1977 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 June 14/4 Our devil—the young scamp—insinuated that there would be others of the fraternity who would not object to matrimony. 1984 Representations 5 16 He worked as a devil in a printing shop. printer's devil printer's devil n. now chiefly historical an errand boy or apprentice in a printing office; = devil n. 8a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > errand-boy devil1683 printer's devil1716 copy-boy1888 1716 J. Dunton Royal Gratitude 42 My porter (or Printer's Devil) took his leave of me. 1763 H. Rose in Fam. Rose Kilravock (Spalding Club) 438 Harassed every morning by the printer's devil. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1882) 127 The hand implements used by ‘printer's-devils’ fifty years ago. 1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 17 Apr. c2/6 Mr. Fraker worked at various jobs, including as a ‘printer's devil’ at the Fort Collins Express Courier. < as lemmas |
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