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"Printer's Devil" is episode 111 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The title comes from the expression printer's devil, an apprentice in the industry.
The meaning of PRINTER'S DEVIL is an apprentice in a printing office.
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. Notable writers including Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth.
Definition: an apprentice in a printing office. Printer's devils are thought to have received this name as a result of finding themselves frequently covered in dark ink, rather than from any ostensibly nefarious disposition.
In America the term lost its connotation of magic, but the chore boy or youngest apprentice was still called the printer's devil. Educated in setting type and working the handpress, these workers sometimes became master printers, publishers, or writers.
Printer’s devil. In the printing business, this has been a name for an errand boy or apprentice since the mid to late 17th century. There is nothing sinister or malicious in this jocular use of the word devil, which has been used in this way since the late 16th century and is still common in phrases like ‘you little devil’. We are human.
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There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun printer's devil. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
