Phrases

Ever the chuff gobbler Miles’ boy, is NF.
Ever the happy one who does as much overtime as possible this printer’s apprentice is knowing and artful.

This lad knows his boxes and fills the daily lie as only a pica thumper might.
Skilled at his job he speedily sets type to complete his daily time sheet

HSE for OT: he likes a rounder; a pudden and a bit of fat.
Hope Springs Eternal for overtime - happy to work all night and during his dinner break and an easy job is always welcome.

Sharing his slum and his take, albeit the swinger, not once blaming Ralph, the ‘O’, or clicker, for being on the slate.
He shares his hoard of materials and his batch of copy even though it might be the last one and never blames the chapel ghost, overseer or leading hand for not having any work.

Not ever chopper nor gives a stickful, or has a space up or starts a trot.
Never disgruntled nor harangues a colleague, starts a quarrel or plays a practical joke.

He keeps his trunk out and with no Cap I evades the coach.
Keeps his own counsel and doesn’t boast of his achievements so is never ignored by colleagues.

With his nose in the ‘e’ box this printer’s devil pulls out, whiting it out to hammer the job was ne’er his style.
Always busy this printers’ apprentice works hurriedly but won’t add white space to charge more for a job than it is worth.

Never AHA; no WF, no GH, nor no pie will elicit a dogs cock or screamer.
Never All Hope Abandoned; no wrong fount, no know all or typographic accident will elicit a profanity (also alternative names for exclamation mark).

Forever loyal to his ‘ship he foregoes KD smouting or barging a page - whether or not diagonal, side, front, or back.
Forever loyal to his chapel he would never secretly work for another master nor disparage or take from his colleagues wherever they may be in the composing room.

“I’ll pull a revise,” says our young fellow, “discard the overmatter and spike the copy, a wayzgoose we deserve”.
He changes his mind and forgoes the overtime, puts down his stick and ignores the remaining copy for he and his fellow craftsmen deserve an outing at the master’s expense.