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column inch

American

noun

Printing.

type one column wide and 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) deep.

column inch British

noun

a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide

"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

Etymology

Origin of column inch

First recorded in 1935–40

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column inch

Whitaker, a British immigrant with an ailing husband, started writing for the paper in 1910 for the rate of 15 cents per column inch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

His long career of unsurpassed professionalism has revealed, column inch by column inch, the character of a craftsman devoted to excellence.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021

And so they are like the last two soldiers at Masada, besieged but uncowed, fighting doom column inch by column inch.

From Newsweek ● Apr. 12, 2015

Kirk Douglas plays a thoroughly unscrupulous reporter who keeps a man trapped in a cave to milk every column inch out of a terrific story.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2010

Twenty-five cents a column inch on this sheet.

From Smugglers' Reef by John Blaine

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