proof sheet

noun

1. a printer's proof.
2. Photography. a contact print.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proof sheet¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

One ought to go over a proof-sheet three times at least in order to avoid all mistakes.

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He is one of those born newspaper men who could not live out of sight of the ticker-tape, and the copy-hook and the proof-sheet.

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Presently, with an exclamation of relief, the editor laid aside the last proof-sheet and looked up.

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Mr. Butefish laid down the proof-sheet, sighed deeply, and quite unconsciously moistened his lips.

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On the following noon I was correcting a proof-sheet of my volume, when the servant abruptly announced Mr. Fitzgerald!

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