Typecase

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A case containing the printer's type characters. historical

Example

More examples

"More than gold, lead changed the world, and, more than the lead in shotguns, the lead within the typographer's typecase."

Etymology

From type + case.

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