The proof press

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1. arsie says

   it’s not a chase; it’s called a stick. also, most of your recent machine accidents seem to happen at waist height? thang a langa?

   February 5, 2010, 7:44 pm
2. Green says

   How embarrassing. Of course, the chase is the thang a langa that holds it all together.

   February 5, 2010, 8:12 pm
3. Steve says

   That word chase got me Googling and lead me to- IdiomSite.com , where I found:

   The phrase "cut to the chase" originated with the movable type for the printing presses. The letters were arranged in a wooden frame called the phrase.

   On the box were metal ‘coins’ that tightened the frame and held the type in place. When a phrase was completed the term "to coin a phrase" came about. The completed phrases were put together in a larger frame called the chase. Once the phrases were finished it was time to cut to the chase. Which means that the type was ready to be printed.

   February 6, 2010, 1:39 am
4. Green says

   Coin a phrase? Don’t you mean quoin a phrase?

   February 6, 2010, 9:45 am
5. Summerbear says

   I thought a quoim was a corner stone on a building?

   February 6, 2010, 9:04 pm

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