compositor's case

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noun

(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
• Syn:
case, typesetter's case
• Topics:
printing
• Hypernyms:
receptacle