perfecting press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of perfecting press
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Alauzet & Co. have also a web perfecting press, à double touche, for illustrated papers and book-printing.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
There is something like a sob to the perfecting press, as though saddened by the very thought of the abuses it must reform.
From The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin
Otherwise, a perfecting press is very much like two cylinder presses joined together.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock
David resumed his place in the office, and when we put in the perfecting press he added another string to his bow.
From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
To-day a perfecting press, with the aid of four men, does four times as much work.
From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
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