etaoin shrdlu

etaoin shrdlu
/et"ee oyn' sherrd"looh, -oh'in, ee"tee-/
the letters produced by running the finger down the first two vertical rows of keys at the left of the keyboard of a Linotype machine: used as a temporary marking slug or to indicate that an earlier mistake in the line necessitates resetting, but sometimes inadvertently cast and printed.
[1955-60]

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