Printer's Devil

Definition: Printer's Devil

1. An apprentice in a printing establishment.

Specialty Definition: Printer's Devil

Domain	Definition
Literature	Printer's Devil The newest apprentice lad in the press-room, whose duty it is to run errands, and to help the pressmen. Printing used to be called the Black Art, and the boys who assisted the pressmen were called imps. (See under Devil.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Occupations	Performs duties as described under APPRENTICE (any industry) Master Title. (references)
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Synonyms within Context: Printer's Devil

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Printing	Printer, compositor, reader; printer's devil copyholder.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: Printer's Devil

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Printer's Devil (1923)
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Commercial Usage: Printer's Devil

Domain	Title
Books	Printer's Devil to Publisher: Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Times (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression: Printer's Devil

Expression using "printer's devil": printer's devil copyholder. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Printer's Devil

Language		Translations for "printer's devil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		παιδί του τυπογραφείου. (various references)

Manx		guilley cloudeyrys. (various references)

Pig Latin		inter'spray evilday

Russian		ученик в типографии. (various references)

Spanish		aprendiz de imprenta (devil). (various references)

Swedish		springpojke på tryckeri. (various references)

Turkish		matbaacı çırağı. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Printer's Devil

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-p-r-r-s-t-v"
	-4 letters: deviltries, drivelines, priestlier, printeries, pteridines, reinspired, rinderpest, splintered.
	-5 letters: deprivers, devilries, diverters, drivelers, driveline, interpled, inverters, lenitives, president, pteridine, reinspire, reinvited, reinvites, replevins, reprinted, resilient, restriven, revisited, riverside, sideliner, spiderier, spindlier, tirrivees, verditers, vilipends.
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