presswork
the working or management of a printing press.
the work done by it.
Origin of presswork
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How to use presswork in a sentence
It assumed a subscription by each recipient to cover the cost of the extra stock and presswork.
There is the extra stock, the presswork, the labor of sorting and despatching.
The paper for quarter of a million copies will cost twelve hundred and fifty dollars, the presswork about five hundred dollars.
The Bread Line | Albert Bigelow PaineWith half a million circulation, of course, it would be twice as much and no extra cost except for presswork and white paper.
The Bread Line | Albert Bigelow PaineIn this way it would be possible to secure classes of from 60 to 100 boys each for such trades as composition and presswork.
Wage Earning and Education | R. R. Lutz
British Dictionary definitions for presswork
/ (ˈprɛsˌwɜːk) /
the operation of a printing press
the matter printed by a printing press
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