printer's devilry

短语

词形变化

printer's devilries 复数 printer's devilries printers' devilries printers' devilries 复数

别名

Printer's Devilry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of crossword puzzle where solvers have to identify the string of letters, spelling out a word, that has been removed from a sentence.

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  2. 2.

    A typographical error.

    可数 不可数

词源

Formed by printer's devil + -ry or blend of printer's devil + devilry. As a crosswording term, coined by British crossword setter Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (Afrit).

来源：wiktionary