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
The film pack, dropped back to earth by parachute, contained a dozen of the most detailed X-ray photographs ever taken of the sun.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they were airborne, Scotty took the speed graphic he had brought and checked to see that a film pack was in place.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
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