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

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

The McClure Press had died the natural death of the proof sheet, and the proof king was submerged in the cause of prohibition.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.

I am now able to sit and to lie on my couch, and now and then to read a proof sheet of the Scriptures.

From Life of William Carey by Smith, George

In point of fact, while the proof sheet of the first message was being read, the lunar shadow would have been loitering among the Alleghanies.

From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

I have now, however, the pleasure of sending under a separate cover, the first proof sheet of your Lordship's Poem, which is so good as to be entitled to all your care to render perfect.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle