proof sheet

American  

noun

1. a printer's proof.

2. Photography. a contact print.

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Etymology

Origin of proof sheet

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

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proof sheet

Instagram was a really nice way of starting to put the work out, and I think it is a real proof sheet of people’s work.

From Time ● Jan. 18, 2016

Life is the proof sheet, in which the compositors' errors are brought to light.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)

Each time I found him in his counting house, with his cap on-- shading his eyes: a pen in his right hand, and a proof sheet in his left.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

He took up an old proof sheet and began to glance through it, frowning thoughtfully.

From The Prince and Betty by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Think of Mr. Tilt's never sending me a proof sheet.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir