outside pages of a newspaper preprinted with syndicated articles; cf. patent insides n.

inside pages of a newspaper which are bought by a publisher already printed with syndicated articles, etc.; cf. patent outsides n.

newspaper text on a stereotype plate ready for printing, used by central news agencies, etc., to supply finished articles to local journals.

Originally U.S. In the slang of newspaper printing: matter which has been supplied to a newspaper as a block ready for use (originally in the form…