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ˈprint-shop
1. A print-seller's shop.
a1697Aubrey Lives (1898) I. 407 To take viewes, land⁓skapes, buildings, etc...which wee see now at the print shopps. 1778English Mag. Feb. 59/1 Notwithstanding the many satirical exhibitions at the print-shops, of grown gentle⁓men learning to dance..there are many arguments that may be used in defence of this genteel exercise. 1780T. Davies Garrick II. xlii. 186 An engraving of her..is still to be seen in the print-shops. 1859Jephson Brittany xix. 310 Circular frames, which revolved after the manner of those in the print-shops. 1897A. Beardsley Let. 13 Apr. (1970) 302 The book and print shops [in Paris] are an evergreen joy to me.
2. U.S. A printing-office or printery.
1921Amer. Printer 5 Nov. (heading) Visit to an old Oxford printshop. 1961R. L. Duncan Voice of Strangers iv. iii. 246 He went into the print shop, where Fletcher had just finished cleaning the press. 1970Eng. Stud. LI. 164 His quarrel with Sir John Cheke.., the exegetic controversy with Edward Lee, the question of Henry VIII's divorce were all reflected in the books pouring out of Basle's printshops. 1977C. McCarry Secret Lovers xiii. 170 Each afternoon he sent Joëlle to collect the typescript from the printer; she took it back to the print shop every morning. |