proof sheet

noun

1. a printer's proof.
2. Photography. a contact print.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proof sheet¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

“That afternoon before we left for the airport, I had developed most of the black and whites and I was showing Lou the proof sheet of him tying off and shooting up. He goes, ‘Hey man, this is beautiful.’

From The Guardian

Peterson publishes almost all his work through Instagram, where he says he creates a virtual “proof sheet” for a community of followers to comment and share his work.

From Time

Instagram was a really nice way of starting to put the work out, and I think it is a real proof sheet of people’s work.

From Time

In proof of his penurious disposition, it is recorded of him that he invariably dined alone, and a soiled proof sheet, or an old newspaper, was his common substitute for a table-cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

M. de Mechel, the celebrated printseller and engraver at Basle, addressed a letter to M. de Murr, in which he states that on a proof sheet of an alphabet in the library in that city, containing several small figures of a Dance of Death, he had found the above name.

From Project Gutenberg