flong

American

[flong, flawng] / flɒŋ, flɔŋ /

noun

Printing.

the material of which a stereotype mold is made.

flong British

/ flɒŋ /

noun

printing a material, usually pulped paper or cardboard, used for making moulds in stereotyping
slang journalism material that is not urgently topical

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Etymology

Origin of flong

1875–80; alteration of French flan flan

Example Sentences

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When Phœbus with a face of mirth, Had flong abroad his beames, To blanch the bosome of the earth, And glaze the gliding streames.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

A dolefull case desires a dolefull song, Without vaine art or curious complements; And squallid Fortune, into basenes flong, Doth scorne the pride of wonted ornaments.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund

The “flong” is covered with several blankets of thick felt and the table of the molding press is then automatically moved in under a powerful roller which squeezes the moist flong down into the form.

From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.

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