10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STICKFUL»
Discover the use of
stickful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stickful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
with some social affair that has been "kept down" to a stickful in the original report
, then the writer is referred to the morgue. This is the information storage vault of
every newspaper office. Books, pamphlets, catalogues, records, and hundreds ...
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News, Ads, and Sales: The Use of English for Commercial Purposes
with some social affair that has been "kept down" to a stickful in the original report
, then the writer is referred to the morgue. This is the information storage vault of
every newspaper office. Books, pamphlets, catalogues, records, and hundreds ...
3
Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton
A "stickful" was wanted by the compositors. A "stickful" is the shop-name for as
much type as can be contained in a " composing-stick." It naturally varies in
quantity of words according to the size of the type but in space it measures a little
more ...
Laurence Hutton, Isabel Moore, 1905
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Newspaper writing and editing
As a stick holds about two inches of type, a " stickful " has come to be a common
expression for about two or two and one half inches of printed matter. A news
story is spoken of by editors and compositors as being two or three " stickfuls "
long, ...
Willard Grosvenor Bleyer, 1913
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The Practical Printer ...
The table only made six by six and one-half ems, and it can easily be seen how
much would be gained by dumping by the stickful of a measure three or four
times as wide. In presenting the accompanying table a form is used to show the ...
Boil that stuff down to a stickful. We've got to use it, but it can't fill the whole paper.
" I had learned that "boiling down" meant reducing a superabundance of words to
the smallest space possible, and a compositor kindly explained to me what a ...
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American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a ...
A good test is to have a block of brass or steel made of exactly the size of a
stickful of type and perfectly square cornered. When this is put in it will show the
discrepancy just as it is. Another test is to bring the two sides against each other
by ...
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American Printer and Lithographer
He sets his figures down in any old book and jumbles them all together like a
stickful of pi. He never thinks of proving the figures on which his very business life
depends, yet he will prove and correct and revise and compare the words and ...
9
Celtic Tales 9, Gall, the Continent
I thought, it isn't bad, so I took another stickful. It's all you can eat; that isn't bad. It
was pretty bad. By the fourth stickful I decided I'd had plenty. Mother tried her best
. I was thinking bad thoughts about my father taking all those other women and ...
McCann drew steadily away from his opponent, being two lines and a half ahead
on the first stickful, which he set in 14$ minutes; Somers consuming 1 6 minutes.
There were 500 ems in each stickful. McCann completed his second stickful in ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STICKFUL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
stickful is used in the context of the following news items.
India's beti, Pakistan's bahu: No.1 Sania Mirza happy to straddle …
Haq had carried a stickful of news clippings, which were not allowed past immigration, but the man who is helping out the new generation in Pakistan says that ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»
8 Things I Never Said When I Was 5
The only fish I ate at 5 was minced within an inch of its life and stuffed inside a stickful of breadcrumbs. This guy requests sushi for dinner on a weekly basis. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
Fishball lovers launch snack attack on stall that refuses to stick to …
"I just wanted a stickful of ox organs - I didn't expect her to ask for HK$50," mainland tourist Wang Ping said. "I thought it would cost only five bucks." She and a ... «South China Morning Post, Feb 14»
The Overview: Day 4
He's got a fabulous record and he's going to get a stickful of runs." Nick: "One other thing we mustn't forget with England following on is that he's captain for the ... «SkySports, Nov 12»
Memphis Zoo exhibit teaches basics of birds and bees
TOP: Kaitlyn Farley, 3, of Trenton squeals at a stickful of budgies at the Memphis Zoo on Friday. The birds are part of an interactive exhibit, Birds & Bees, which ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 09»
