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

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.

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

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