pressman
Americannoun
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pressmen
plural
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a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
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British. a writer or reporter for the press.
noun
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a person who works for the press
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a person who operates a printing press
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Origin of pressman
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“Yeah, and in those days, Macy’s was the big advertiser,” said pressman Joaquin Velazquez, 65.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Wesbecker began working as a pressman at Standard Gravure, a downtown Louisville printing plant, in 1971.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
“It was all pretty good stuff,” said Tony Johnson, a close friend and a former P-I pressman.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
John Savage, an Irishman, brought up to no business, whose service for four years Keimer had purchased from the captain of a ship; he too was to be made a pressman.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
Staff photographer Genaro Molina documented the closure of the storied plant Sunday and the pressmen who made it all happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Before the professions of typesetters and pressmen split, most printers were jacks-of-all-trades, completing apprenticeships that required they learn every task in a printing office.
From Economist ● May 23, 2018
Only 18 out of more than 200 pressmen defied their union and accepted The Post’s invitation to return to their jobs.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2015
Lincoln, looking for a moment beyond the endless dance of pols and pressmen, merely replied, “If the bad Times would go where we want them, good Times would be sure to follow.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 28, 2015
When we arrived at the magistrate’s office, we found a large contingent of pressmen and photographers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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