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hand setting

British  

noun

  1. printing text matter composed in metal type by hand, rather than by machine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A portrait of Mr. Spreckels shows him on a beach, his gleaming blond hair almost disappearing into the sand, sitting behind a red surfboard.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Jinny pivoted to inspect the new boy, the lump in the sand, sitting exactly where Ess had sat a year before.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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