printer's devil

noun

1. devil.

printer's devil

noun

1. an apprentice or errand boy in a printing establishment

Word History and Origins

Origin of printer's devil¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

My newspaper career began at age 16 as a printer’s devil — cleaning presses, melting Linotype lead — for the weekly Ojai Valley News.

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“I definitely learned that working with Printer’s Devil.”

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“Backwards into China” was produced by Printer’s Devil Theater, a stalwart of Seattle’s fringe scene in the late ’90s and early 2000s, alongside more venerable institutions Annex Theatre and Empty Space Theatre.

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After a post-college sojourn to Russia, where she worked as a journalist, Schreck moved to Seattle and joined Printer’s Devil.

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Fagan and Willis recall Printer’s Devil as a scrappy company that could thrive in a pre-tech-boom Seattle where rents were cheap and arts grants were plentiful.

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