stickful

[ stik-fool ]

/ ˈstɪkˌfʊl /

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noun, plural stick·fuls.Printing.

as much set type as a composing stick will hold, usually about two column inches.

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Origin of stickful

First recorded in 1675–85; stick¹ + -ful

usage note for stickful

See -ful.

Words nearby stickful

sticker, sticker price, sticker shock, stick figure, stick float, stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point

How to use stickful in a sentence

The reporter presents himself at the city desk, tells what he has got, and is told by the city editor, “Write a stickful.”
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
Nort walked over to the stone, took up a stickful of type, and began to distribute it in the cases.
Hempfield|David Grayson
Stickful after stickful was arranged, until a page of type lay there.
Harper's Young People, January 4, 1881|Various
All that was worthy of preservation remained in what the printer calls a "stickful."
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6)|Various

Not a soul about the place, no copy, not a stickful of live matter on the galleys!
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8|Ambrose Bierce