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G. I.

A printer’s slang expression for “general indulgence,” such as celebrating a birthday or an apprentice “coming out of his time.”

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Entry taken from Printers' Vocabulary, by Charles Thomas Jacobi, 1888.

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German-silver sticks.
Get in.
Gets in.
Get up.
G. H.
G. I.
Gill’s machine.
Gilt edges.
Gilt tops.
Girth wheel.
Girthing.