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answer print

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noun

  1. a motion-picture film print composed of picture and sound, used for evaluation.

Etymology

Origin of answer print

First recorded in 1935–40

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Five days before the openings of “Star Wars” and — gadzooks! — there was not yet an answer print.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2015

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