mutton dash
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mutton + dash to avoid ambiguity when speaking between en dash and em dash.[1]
Noun
[edit]mutton dash (plural mutton dashes)
- (typography slang) Synonym of em dash
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, A. A. (1919) Typesetting: A Primer of Information About Working at the Case, Justifying, Spacing, Correcting, Making-up, and Other Operations Employed in Setting Type by Hand (Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices; Part II, No. 16), Chicago: Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America, page 91