hot lead
Example Sentences
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The skills required to turn hot lead into letters on a Linotype machine or to position a strip of cold type on a grid board were easily transferrable.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
The 28-year-old multi-hyphenate who broke out on social media has let his ear for what’s hot lead his uncharted path in country music, all the way up to his third record “Different Man” out Friday.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
It’s a far cry from the days of linotype machines with their letters cast from hot lead when she first started.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2017
Mr. Frutiger, whose career spanned the era of hot lead and the age of silicon, created some 40 fonts, a vast number for one lifetime.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2015
I gasped, leaping from the chair where I was sitting as if it were made of hot lead.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
