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printers' devilries

printers' devilries is the plural of printer's devilry.

Meaning of printer's devilry

Noun

printer's devilry (countable and uncountable, plural printer's devilries or printers' devilries)

  1. (crosswording) A type of crossword puzzle where solvers have to identify the string of letters, spelling out a word, that has been removed from a sentence.
    • Remember: a Printer's Devilry clue need not make real sense in the “deviled” form offered as clue.1973 January 1, New York Magazine, page 71
  2. A typographical error.
    • This was not a printer's devilry, for taffetas, sugar, mats are similarly misstated.1909, The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record

Questions about printers' devilries

What is printers' devilries the plural of?
Printers' devilries is the plural of printer's devilry.

Words near printers' devilries in the dictionary

  1. printeresses
  2. printeries
  3. printerless
  4. printerlike
  5. printers
  6. printers' devilries
  7. printers' devils
  8. printers' flower
  9. printers' flowers
  10. printery
  11. printest

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