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pressman

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Back in the olden days I was a pressman for a newspaper. We would grab the newspapers coming off the press, and hold them upside down to check the print quality, color registration, etc.

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Quick take

someone whose occupation is printing

Meaning at a glance

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noun

someone whose occupation is printing

noun

a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pressman.

noun

someone whose occupation is printing

See also: printer

Example sentences

1

Back in the olden days I was a pressman for a newspaper. We would grab the newspapers coming off the press, and hold them upside down to check the print quality, color registration, etc.

2

Becoming a newspaper pressman looked like a solid career choice in 1995, not so much twenty years later when those 18 year olds are 38 and unemployed. Not foreseeing the rise of the internet is hardly strong evidence that their brains are defective.

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How do you use pressman in a sentence?

Back in the olden days I was a pressman for a newspaper. We would grab the newspapers coming off the press, and hold them upside down to check the print quality, color registration, etc.

What does pressman mean?

someone whose occupation is printing

What part of speech is pressman?

pressman is commonly used as noun.