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dead matter

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dead matter

–noun Printing.
1. type that has been set and used for printing or platemaking and is of no further use.
2. foul matter.

Origin:
1875–80

foul matter

–noun
Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
Also called dead matter.
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