proof sheet
Americannoun
-
a printer's proof.
-
Photography. a contact print.
Etymology
Origin of proof sheet
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 Stephen J. Voorhies
He performed some literary labor after this, and read the concluding proof sheet of a work that he was carrying through the press for the New Hampshire Historical Society.
From The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith
Our proof sheet came out with the message, "We Can Fallow!"
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Stephen J. Voorhies
This paper was a proof sheet, pure and simple, run by a girl homesteader who had worked on a Minneapolis paper.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Stephen J. Voorhies
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
