"printer's devil" meaning in All languages combined

See printer's devil on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: printer's devils [plural], printers' devils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|printers' devils}} printer's devil (plural printer's devils or printers' devils)
  1. (dated) An apprentice printer. Wikipedia link: printer's devil Tags: dated Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (apprentice printer): giolla clódóra [masculine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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