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handsetting

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hand⋅set

[n. hand-set; v., adj. hand-set, -set] noun, verb, -set, -set⋅ting, adjective
–noun
1. Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
–verb (used with object)
2. to set (type) by hand.
–adjective
3. (of type) set by hand.
4. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.

Origin:
1915–20; hand + set
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