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agate line in American English US a unit of measurement for classified advertising space, one column wide and 1⁄14 inch deep agate line in American Englishnouna measure of advertising space,1⁄14 of an inch deep and one column wide Word origin [1880–85 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, jackpot, pari-mutuel, regionalism |