agate line

noun

1. a measure of advertising space, 1/14 (0.0714) of an inch deep and one column wide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agate line¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Dear B. L. T., pray take this hint: I shrink to see my name in print, The agate line—O please!—for me.

From Project Gutenberg

At fifty cents per agate line Kind editors will buy your verse; They'll make you swear that you resign All claims, for better or for worse.

From Project Gutenberg

There are fourteen agate lines in an inch.

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Marble halls have been celebrated in song, but the furnished room we have with us always at three cents per agate line.

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