ETAOIN SHRDLU


Meaning of ETAOIN SHRDLU in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .