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From: Roy <>
Subject: Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:44:15 +0100
References: <cjapos$niq$1@pcls4.std.com> <MUUljYB9VeWBFwOY@varneys.demon.co.uk> <2imkl0pe0sd9b9av9cv66v4c2i8h8714or@4ax.com> <cjmk9g$mdr$1@pcls4.std.com> <ldqdnYh-zKfBov3cRVn-uw@rogers.com> <LMX7d.12994$5O5.12767@news-server.bigpond.net.au>


On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 18:44:59 GMT, barry wrote:

> Printer's Devil - the errand boy or the youngest apprentice in printing
> office.

Who quite definitely was/is *not* a compositor, and may never have become a
compositor unless he served a seven year apprenticeship to become one.

There were other trades in a printers besides compositors, but they
(compositors) tended to look down on all of them. You should have heard
what my Dad said! :-)

Cheers,

Roy

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