Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apprentice in a printing establishment.
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- noun dated An
apprentice printer
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- noun an apprentice in a printing establishment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the apprentice becoming black from the ink.]
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