stickful

[ stik-fool ]

noun

, Printing.

, plural stick·fuls.

1. as much set type as a composing stick will hold, usually about two column inches.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stickful¹

First recorded in 1675–85; stick ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

The reporter presents himself at the city desk, tells what he has got, and is told by the city editor, “Write a stickful.”

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Nort walked over to the stone, took up a stickful of type, and began to distribute it in the cases.

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Stickful after stickful was arranged, until a page of type lay there.

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All that was worthy of preservation remained in what the printer calls a "stickful."

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Not a soul about the place, no copy, not a stickful of live matter on the galleys!

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