hand press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hand press
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Despite a few modern advancements, like an electric flour mill and a metal hand press, she still cooks them over a wood fire as she learned to do when she was 8 years old.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
Using a hand press, he printed Auden’s first collection of poetry in an edition of just 45 copies, one of modernism’s rarest titles.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2015
His grandfather used a hand press and destemmed manually.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
Tribune, which started by publishing the Chicago Tribune on a hand press in 1847, emerged from bankruptcy at the end of 2012.
From Reuters ● Jan. 18, 2013
The marked papers were collected and brought to the printer who had a hand press containing an adjustable date apparatus, and racks of slugs before her.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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