Definition of "composing-room" [composing-room]

• A room in which types are set and made ready for printing. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The lone man in charge of the Copy desk, just returned from a bitter argument with the composing-room foreman, watched him sourly as he passed, and grimly sharpened a blue pencil."
• "And the type-setter comes out of the composing-room and warns them: "Gentlemen, we still don't have a leader for tomorrow's issue"."
• "Pamela, and found a job in the composing-room of the Evening News."