Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofroom
Literary usage of Proofroom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women's Ways of Earning Money by Cynthia May Westover Alden (1904)
"The proofroom force is divided into sets or teams, each consisting of a ...
The copy from which the matter has been set goes with them to the proofroom. ..."
2. Manual of Style: A Compilation of the Typographical Rules in Force at the by University of Chicago Press (1911)
"... are the housekeeper of the proofroom, and take pride in its neat and orderly
appearance. Keeping the records, files, etc., naturally devolves upon you. ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1881)
"We need likewise another fire-proofroom, as large, if not larger than the one
which we happily now possess. All manuscripts and books that cannot be ..."
4. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"The Times proofroom was then regarded as the best in New York, but a few days
before that a proofreader had ventured to change a word in one of ..."
5. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"The Times proofroom was then regarded as the best in New York, but a few days
before that a proofreader had ventured to change a word in one of ..."
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