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dropline

American  
[drop-lahyn] / ˈdrɒpˌlaɪn /

noun

Journalism.

  1. a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.

Etymology

Origin of dropline

First recorded in 1880–85; drop + line 1

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