"fudge box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fudge boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fudge box (plural fudge boxes)
  1. (journalism, printing, historical) A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are clamped. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Mass media, Printing
    Sense id: en-fudge_box-en-noun-AWhVlsKF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: journalism, media, printing, publishing
  2. (journalism, by extension) A small blank area left in a newspaper layout for the insertion of late-breaking news. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-fudge_box-en-noun-AGkX7BPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: journalism, media

Inflected forms

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