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union bug

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A maker’s mark imprinted on a work to show that it is sanctioned by members of a trade union. It is often a tiny elongated rhomboid containing and surrounded by, in minuscule typeface, identifying names and the union’s local chapter number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, printing, publishing

Examples

  • Printed matter circulated by the (US) Democratic Party inevitably displays a union bug.

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