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agate line

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of agate line

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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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 Songs for a Little House by Morley, Christopher

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

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

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