a material, usually pulped paper or cardboard, used for making moulds in stereotyping
2. journalism slang
material that is not urgently topical
Word origin
C20: variant of flan
flong in American English
(flɑŋ, flɔŋ)
noun
Printing
the material of which a stereotype mold is made
Word origin
[1875–80; alter. of F flanflan]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, massage, musical chairs, overdraft, pressure point