(UK, journalism) An event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
1989, Textual Introduction to The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=C64iQVqCm3MC&pg=RA1-PR51&lpg=RA1-PR51&sig=JpcrTaGG5EdPxJjr2U8VwuilsEw]
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