(US, historical, 19th century) A journeyman printer — referring to both a man's profession and his status within his trade or company.
1894, Henry Clay Vedder, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1R4TAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA126 American Writers Of To-Day], p. 126; passage refers to Mark Twain's youth in the 1830s United States
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