film pack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of film pack
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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“I’m bam-bamming with the old four-by-five Speed Graphic, the film pack in those days. And I look around, and some GI over in a ditch says, ‘Sir?’
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
Heading into the evening, the darkly comic “Banshees of Inisherin” led the film pack with eight nominations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
Harvey Weinstein no longer leads the independent film pack; the big buyers that remain, like Fox Searchlight, have been hammered in recent months.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2010
A battery will power the more costly version, but it will be installed in the camera, not in the film pack, as is the case with the SX-70 system.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is pointed out that the FBI uses the film pack exclusively in view of the fact that practically all latent examinations will necessitate the taking of more than two pictures.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover
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