Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A printing-press used exclusively for taking proofs.
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Examples
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The boss goes to the strong room and brings the galleys to the proof-press.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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Bulletin put at work a force in its composing rooms, a hand-bill was set and some hundreds of copies run off on the proof-press, giving the salient features of the day's news.
The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877
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"I'm filling my pipe as calm as duck-ponds, and explain that the proof-press in which the galley lies is too deep.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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