printer's devil

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. an apprentice in a printing establishmentType of apprentice, learner
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Printer's devil

the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. “Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.” Thomas Babington Macaulay

From the entry Devil.

Printer's devil, Printer's gauge

. See under Devil, and Gauge.

From the entry Printer.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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