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Title: Occupation is?
Post by: CarolineLittle on Thursday 02 March 23 23:07 GMT (UK)
Does it say printer?  Definitely something something inter.

TY
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: Cas (stallc) on Thursday 02 March 23 23:10 GMT (UK)
Does look like printer over 2 lines.

Are there any other P on page?

Cas
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: Andy J2022 on Thursday 02 March 23 23:10 GMT (UK)
printer, although why it has been hypenated in that strange way I don't know

Snap
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: CarolineLittle on Thursday 02 March 23 23:11 GMT (UK)
TY both!
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: ShaunJ on Thursday 02 March 23 23:16 GMT (UK)
Thomas Trimer appears on the scene in 1783 as the printer of some "Poetical Attempts"

https://archive.org/details/bookwormillustra05londuoft/page/90/mode/2up?q=trimer
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: CarolineLittle on Thursday 02 March 23 23:31 GMT (UK)
TY Shaun!  I hadn't begun researching him yet, that's a great find!  TYSM.
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: sbny357 on Saturday 04 March 23 00:23 GMT (UK)
The name might be “Trimmer.” Note the macron over the ‘m’.

Steve
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: Cas (stallc) on Saturday 04 March 23 00:30 GMT (UK)
Deleted as error

Cas
Title: Re: Occupation is?
Post by: shanreagh on Saturday 04 March 23 23:16 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Thursday 02 March 23 23:10 GMT (UK)
printer, although why it has been hypenated in that strange way I don't know

Snap

I think to fit into the column and best practice was to hypenate at the end of a syllable so 'print' - 'er' rather than say 'pri' - 'nter'.