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drop press

American  

noun

Metalworking.

  1. drop forge.

Etymology

Origin of drop press

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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In 1960, a letter was signed by 352 Basque priests condemning the regime's stifling of basic freedoms; last year several Catholic archbishops urged El Caudillo to drop press censorship.

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