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Word: etaoin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...first two vertical lines, reading downward "etaoin shrdlu," often appear in print. Having felt himself make a slip, the linotypist will run his finger down those two lines to make an obviously pied line of type which the proof staff will surely, but does not always, catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Quien Vive? | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

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