linecasting
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of linecasting
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The next morning I saw a new face at the keyboard of one of our linecasting machines.
From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller
Two still were at the linecasting machines, and a whole crew of others were running around the floor.
From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller
If anybody ever tells you they can't get seventeen hundred galleys of type a day out of six linecasting machines—well, they just don't know High-Pockets Jones.
From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller
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