foul matter

noun

1. Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.

Example Sentences

Even Dictionary.com got into the act, tweeting “Sinkhole: A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water. Also a sinkhole: A place into which foul matter runs.”

From Seattle Times

Ms Shriver has created an alter ego who is also her zaniest heroine: a slim, chilli-flake-eating exercise addict called Enola Mandi, an author who totes around a box of her own literary papers entitled “Foul Matter”.

From Economist

The only safety with a water-closet, as with any other vessel connected with the drainage of the house, is to secure an immediate and complete washing away of all foul matter of every kind.

From Project Gutenberg

Smut, smut, n. a spot of dirt, soot, &c.: foul matter, as soot: Bunt, sometimes also Dust-brand, the popular name of certain small fungi which infest flowering land-plants, esp. the grasses, the name derived from the appearance of the spores, which are nearly black and very numerous: obscene language.—v.t. to soil with smut: to blacken or tarnish.—v.i. to gather smut: to be turned into smut:—pr.p. smut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. smut′ted.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Filth, filth, n. foul matter: anything that defiles, physically or morally.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• grime
• slime
• smut