On the night of the trial the pressmen in "The Times" building were told that the paper would not go to press until very late, as important news was expected from the Continent.
But thepressmen pursued the inventor with such blind, infuriate hate, that the man was in terror of his life from day to day, and the scheme was given up.
I heard the Yellow-Pressmen grunt and squeal; And with my trusty bombers turned and went To clear those Junkers out of Parliament.
Bands played and flags were flying, And Yellow-Pressmen thronged the sunlit street To cheer the soldiers who'd refrained from dying, And hear the music of returning feet.
It has even been imputed to Ducæus, that, having procured the sheets of Savile’s edition from the pressmen while it was under their hands, he printed his own without alteration.
There are always pressmen loitering about Downing Street, who would place the wrong construction on my visit.
Cylinder pressmen earn more per hour than do tool and die makers--the most highly skilled of the metal trades--and platen pressmenin charge of five or more presses earn more than all-round machinists and boiler makers.
The boy who wants to become a pressman must pick up the trade through experience and practice, the length of time required depending chiefly on how frequently changes occur among the force of pressmen employed in the shop.
What is the effect upon the condition of pressmen generally by the introduction of the printing-machine to do the heaviest labour of printing?
Nearly all the pressmen who were accustomed to print newspapers of a large size, by hand, were ruptured.
The pressmen were delighted with this improvement.
In later years, when all the pressmen of a city came together to meet him, the Social Democratic paper representative would, of course, come with the rest.
The pressmen were in a state of great excitement, for they knew by rumour that the machine of which they had so long been apprehensive was fast approaching completion.
The compositors and the pressmen purposely battered the letters in the absence of their employers.
Thus on one occasion, in 1810, the pressmen made a sudden demand upon the proprietor for an increase of wages, and insisted upon a uniform rate being paid to all hands, whether good or bad.
Great as was the secrecy with which the operations were conducted, the pressmen of The Times office obtained some inkling of what was going on, and they vowed vengeance to the foreign inventor who threatened their craft with destruction.
And pressmen and barristers alone seem to enjoy the faculty of assimilating huge masses of strange matter in short time.
I was six-and-twenty at the time, and it amused me to be buttonholed by the inveterate log-rollers of the Lobby or pumped by pressmen as I emerged from a secret meeting of intrigue in one of the Committee Rooms.
Neither the reporters nor the pressmen need make any particular changes in their plans.
Snap-shots of Dick and Jan were obtained by enterprising pressmen in Edmonton, and distributed quite profitably for their owners to the ends of all the earth.
We'll have the pressmen down like flies when they understand it.
There was indeed the sound of shouting in the street, and a little group of compositors and pressmen was forming in the hall below and nerving itself to action.
The reasons you generally give for opposing Socialism are reasons suggested to you by pressmen or politicians who know very little about it, or are interested in its rejection.
It is a ridiculous excuse, and there is no eminent economist in the world who does not laugh at it; but the capitalist, the landlord, and many pressmen still think it is good enough to mislead or silence the people with.
The pressmen threatened destruction to the new machine, and it had to be smuggled piecemeal into the premises, while Martyn sheltered himself under various disguises to escape the vengeance of the workmen.
The unconscious pressmen were kept waiting in the next office for news from the Continent.
He understood that I was on the Press, and he always endeavoured to create an interest in his views among pressmen whom he met.
Yet Dowse afforded a great deal of occupation to the pressmen of his day in reporting his sayings.
Old actors are very much like old pressmenin this respect.
The fare, indeed, was plain and substantial, but the sauce provided by the cheery players and pressmen who sat round the table was the most piquant to be obtained in all London.
With us the "day" of compositors and pressmen is differently calculated.
And only a few years previously he had been seen by a thousand English pressmen and others.
No crowd of Pressmen and sightseers is present; there are no delegates and address, and flowers, and cheers as of yore.
When the printers and pressmen strolled through on their way home, they were approached and most of them contributed.
The back office usually worked, pressmen and all, until four o’clock or after.
That morning the elevator broke down, and out of five pressmen who went into it only four were rescued--more or less in a state of pulp.
On my arrival in Boston, 1879, I was invited by a newspaper friend, whom I had brought with me into the city, to join a party of pressmen who were to assemble next morning at Parker House, to report upon the test ascent of a new elevator.
The British pressmen with the tour were particularly happy in their New Zealand newspaper associates.
The British pressmen had the opportunity of meeting some of the Labour leaders, amongst them Mr. E.
And the first night the pressmen started in he was like a man possessed, talked about his honor, and all that kind of rubbish.
The pressmen whom she met gave her unmistakable indications that they expected great things of her husband.
When the two pressmen were about to go away Van Brinen said: "I wish you success, Mr. Heath, as I have very seldom wished it for any man.
A little later, in the afternoon of the same day, they had held a reception of pressmen in their sitting-room at the St. Regis Hotel.
There'll be a crowd of pressmen around at the theater about it to-night, you can bet.
But first tell us exactly what you gave out to the pressmen to-night," said Alston.
But when the pressmen had gone he had said to Charmian: "Pleasant fellows, weren't they?
One of the pressmen had mentioned Gillier, who had arrived and been interviewed at the docks.
But the pressmenhad been so agreeable, so unself-conscious, that his discomfort had worn off.
Claude's been with the pressmen behind, and having a hairy-teary heart to heart with Enid Mardon.
The impression left on the pressmen by him, however, had been that a fight had raged for the possession of his libretto, which must have been won by the Heaths since Claude Heath had set it to music.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pressmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
