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quotation furniture
noun
Definition of quotation furniture
: metal printing furniture cast hollow with the bottom side open which closely resembles quotation quads and whose dimensions are usually given in picas
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Origin and Etymology of quotation furniture
probably so called from its being used originally to fill between marginal notes
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