printer's devil

English

Noun

printer's devil (plural printer's devils or printers' devils)

1. (dated) An apprentice printer.
   • 1909, The Independent, volume 67, page 711:

     The latest of the personal magazinettes to come under our observation is The East Side, a peculiarly New York product, of which Zoe Anderson Norris, of 338 East Fifteenth street, is printer's devil […]

Translations

apprentice printer

• Irish: giolla clódóra m