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composing stick
noun
: a tray with an adjustable slide that a compositor holds in one hand and sets type into with the other
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Typesetters were highly skilled workers who set by hand each individual letter of type upside-down and backwards on a composing stick, then placed them on the press.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021
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“Composing stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composing%20stick. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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