Printer's devil
Apprentice in a printing establishment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the profession. For the Twilight Zone episode, see Printer's Devil. For the album, see Printer's Devil (album).
A printer's devil was a young apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type. Notable writers including Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth.
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