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A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are…A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are clamped.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are clamped.
(broadly)A small blank area left in a newspaper layout for the insertion of late-breaking news.