job case

American  

noun

Printing.

1. any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters.

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Etymology

Origin of job case

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Because training for the Olympics demands the kind of time investment that generally precludes a high-paying day job—case in point: Kristen Faulkner, the first American to win the women’s cycling road race in 40 years, quit her job as a venture capitalist to focus on cycling—athletes are turning to less conventional means of financial support.

From Slate

That provides more opportunity for the other two competitors for the starting job: Case Keenum and rookie Dwayne Haskins.

From Washington Post

Mr. Dorfsman presented a partitioned type drawer known as a California job case to Frank Stanton, the design-conscious president of CBS, and declared: “We’re going to do a big one of these.”

From New York Times

After two years on the job, Case, who has a joint psychology-law enforcement degree, makes $19,100.

From Time Magazine Archive

California Job Case—An extensively used type case arranged with boxes to hold capitals, small letters, figures, points, and the usual characters of a job font, complete in a single tray.

From Project Gutenberg