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

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

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)

In proof of his penurious disposition, it is recorded of him that he invariably dined alone, and a soiled proof sheet, or an old newspaper, was his common substitute for a table-cloth.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous