proof sheet

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proof sheet (plural proof sheets)

  1. (printing) A page of proofed text; a sheet used to make corrections, emendations etc. before being printed for use.
    • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 12:
      Across his face were the proof-sheets of his first, small, delicate-looking volume…A small page, the type black and still odorous!
  2. (photography) A contact print.

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