| 单词 | taking-off boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaking-off boy taking-off boy n. Printing (now historical) a boy or man employed to remove freshly printed sheets from the press. ΚΠ 1833 Penny Mag. Monthly Suppl. Dec. 509 It is ‘perfected’, or printed on the remaining blank side, and thrown out to the ‘taking-off-boy’, who sits waiting to receive it. 1884 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 3 Feb. 3/5 It would appear that the deceased was employed about a twelvemonth since as a ‘taking-off boy’ at a jobbing printer's. 1988 P. Fitzgerald Beginning of Spring v. 39 Frank..called a general meeting to discuss the conduct of the overseer. This meant the three hand-compositors and their two apprentices, the pressmen, the readers, and three machine-men, the putting-on and taking-off boys, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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