cross-reading
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cross-reading (plural cross-readings)
- The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
References[edit]
- “cross-reading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.