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PRINTER'S DEVIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does printer's devil mean?
• PRINTER'S DEVIL (noun)
The noun PRINTER'S DEVIL has 1 sense:
1. an apprentice in a printing establishment
Familiarity information: PRINTER'S DEVIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An apprentice in a printing establishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("printer's devil" is a kind of...):
apprentice; learner; prentice (works for an expert to learn a trade)
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