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General Category => Words => Topic started by: Morbius on August 16, 2014, 08:50:46 AM

Title: Word suggestion: dropline
Post by: Morbius on August 16, 2014, 08:50:46 AM

I unsuccessfully tried dropline (a term used in journalism/newspaper layout) in yesterday's Challenge puzzle.  I suggest it's worth adding as rare word.

Title: Re: Word suggestion: dropline
Post by: a non-amos on August 22, 2014, 12:29:22 PM

I also encountered this word in a previous life, as a construction worker.

- A

Title: Re: Word suggestion: dropline
Post by: Alan W on July 26, 2020, 12:41:11 PM

Sorry I didn't get around to looking into this a bit sooner: dropline is in a few dictionaries, with a few meanings: in typography it's a type of heading layout; it's a fishing line used without a rod; as per a non-amos, it's used in the construction industry; and it seems to be a type of overdraft in the banking world.

It will be accepted in future as a rare word.