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单词 long pull
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long pull
long pull n. (a) Printing (in the operation of a hand press) a pull on the bar almost to its fullest extent (obsolete); (b) British the practice in public houses of serving more than the requested measure of liquor in order to attract custom (now historical).The practice of the long pull was prohibited by the British Licensing Act of 1921.
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long pull1683
society > communication > printing > specific methods or processes > [noun] > pull of hand-press > types of
long pull1683
soft pull1683
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 282 A long or a Soaking or Easie Pull, is when the Form feels the force of the Spindle by degrees, till the Bar comes almost to the hither Cheek of the Press, and this is also call'd a Soft Pull.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 500 Long pull, is when the bar of the Press requires to be brought close to the cheek to make a good impression.
1881 A. Balfour Intemperance & Licensing Syst. 24 Hence an enormous and unhealthy competition both in the strength of the beer and in the ‘long-pull’ measure, whereby drunkenness is so greatly fostered.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 77 Long pull, when the bar-handle of a press is pulled right over.
1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 355 The unlettered barmaid..tiring of handling the taps and the long-pull.
1917 19th Cent. Feb. 340 The ‘long pull’ is one of those practices to which temperance reformers attach an exaggerated importance.
2003 P. Brown Man walks into Pub vi. 149 Many other drinking customs and practices were also banned [sc. during the First World War], such as..the long-pull, where landlords would serve a generous over-measure to attract custom.
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