(letterpress) A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space.
(letterpress) A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space.
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(slang, vulgar) A very small distance.
(figurative) A very small space.
A distance in space.
A very crude slang unit of measurement indicating an extremely small distance — used for emphasis when precision is described with deliberate vulgarity. The term is typically used among people who are comfortable with crude language to describe very fine tolerances or tiny margins. Primarily working-class and trade contexts.
(typography, US) The narrowest space appearing between letters and punctuation.
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