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dropline
noun
(1)
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dropline
[
drop
-lahyn ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
,
Journalism.
a headline or bank consisting of a top
line
set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding
line
indented on the left, and the final
line
flush with the right margin.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of
dropline
1
First recorded in 1880–85;
drop
+
line
1
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