stickful
[ stik-fool ]
noun,plural stick·fuls.Printing.
as much set type as a composing stick will hold, usually about two column inches.
Origin of stickful
1usage note For stickful
See -ful.
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How to use stickful in a sentence
The reporter presents himself at the city desk, tells what he has got, and is told by the city editor, “Write a stickful.”
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin OvertonNort walked over to the stone, took up a stickful of type, and began to distribute it in the cases.
Hempfield | David Graysonstickful after stickful was arranged, until a page of type lay there.
Harper's Young People, January 4, 1881 | VariousAll that was worthy of preservation remained in what the printer calls a "stickful."
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) | VariousNot a soul about the place, no copy, not a stickful of live matter on the galleys!
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 | Ambrose Bierce
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