Phrase guide
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noun
A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, often, uncountable
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
A specific instance of such a story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
A similar example in other media of a filler story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bus, plunge. An instance of a bus falling from an elevated place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From bus + plunge.
