hot lead
Example Sentences
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The skills required to turn hot lead into letters on a Linotype machine or to position a strip of cold type on a grid board were easily transferrable.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
Mr. Sizemore took the newspaper from hot lead to the digital age and is being remembered for his integrity and commitment to family, colleagues and community.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2018
It’s a far cry from the days of linotype machines with their letters cast from hot lead when she first started.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2017
It was the death knell for 19th-century Linotype machines, which cast type in hot lead, and opened a new era of computerized-electronic typesetting at the paper.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016
I gasped, leaping from the chair where I was sitting as if it were made of hot lead.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
