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Printer's devil

A printer's devil was a young apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type. Writers including Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Sherwood Anderson, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth along with indentured servants.

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Printer's devil

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples111
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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related to Famous devils · 32
Printer's devil → Adolph Ochs, Albert Parsons, Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Sughroe's, Cole Younger, Ezra Meeker, Geoff Lloyd, Harry Burleigh, Harry Pace, Hoiles, Hoodoo Brown, James Hogg, James Printer, Joel Chandler Harris, John Kellogg, Joseph Lyons, Lawrence Tibbett, Lyndon Johnson, Lázaro Cárdenas
related to Etymology · 18
Printer's devil → Catholic, Dark Arts, Devils, English, Flies, From, In, Jocosely, Joseph Moxon, Many, Middle Ages, Once, Satan, Several, Some, Spirits, The, Workmen
related to Other sources · 16
Printer's devil → Breweries, Character Sketches, Cobham Brewer, December, Drama, Fiction, Frank Granger, LL, Midlands, Past, Present, Pubs, Retrieved, Rev, Romance, The Printer's Devil
related to Titivillus · 12
Printer's devil → Authorised Version, Bible, Exodus, High-profile, Judgement Day, Middle Ages, Often, One, Over, Satan, Thou, Titivillus
related to Aldus Manutius · 7
Printer's devil → African, Aldus Manutius, Manutius, Satan, The, Venetian, Yet
related to United States · 7
Printer's devil → American Dictionary, Bookmaking, By, In North America, More, Printing, United States
related to Malayalam root · 5
Printer's devil → European, India, Malayalam, Titivillus, While
related to India · 3
Printer's devil → Bengali, Chhapakhanar Bhoot, The
is a · 1
Printer's devil → title character of Charles Sughroe's comic strip Mickie

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printer's devil printing titivillus devils term ink type legend young fust apprentice faust printer boys also said faustus printers blamed

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Printer's devilis atitle character of Charles Sughroe's comic strip Mickie0.90text
the printing press were often regarded with suspicioninstance oftechnological inventions0.80text
and associated with Sataninstance oftechnological inventions0.80text
theinstance oftechnological inventions0.80text
inverting typeinstance ofperforming mischief0.80text
misspelling wordsinstance ofperforming mischief0.80text
and removing entire lines of completed typeinstance ofperforming mischief0.80text
Bengaliinstance ofwas going out of use.IndiaThe printer's devil is also known in other languages0.80text
where it is called Chhapakhanar Bhootinstance ofwas going out of use.IndiaThe printer's devil is also known in other languages0.80text
Bengaliinstance ofIndiaThe printer's devil is also known in other languages0.80text
where it is called Chhapakhanar Bhootinstance ofIndiaThe printer's devil is also known in other languages0.80text
Printer's devilrelated to Aldus ManutiusYet0.60section

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