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Definition of Running headline

1. Noun. A heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book.

Definition of Running headline

1. Noun. text (such as a title) printed at the top of every (or every other) page of a book, newspaper etc ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Headline

Literary usage of Running headline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A List of Early American Imprints Belonging to the Library of the by Samuel Abbott Green (1895)
"Headpiece, line of border pieces, and similar line inverted ; 123[133]- 1J9, text; 1 p. blank; running headline similar to that of the last title; ..."

2. A List of Early American Imprints Belonging to the Library of the by Samuel Abbott Green (1895)
"which pamphlet The "Discourse" follows with continuous signatures; (132) blank; running headline "A Call to the rising Generation " ; followed by " Remember ..."

3. An Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts: A Chapter in the by William Pierce (1908)
"... etc., but soon popularly known, from its running headline, as The Learned Discoursed 1 A Briefe and plains declaration concerning the desires of all ..."

4. An Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts: A Chapter in the by William Pierce (1909)
"[BM 702, a. 38.] It has on the title-page Waldegrave the Puritan printer's device, a swan, with the motto ' God is my defender.' The running headline is ' A ..."

5. The English of Commerce by John Baker Opdycke (1920)
"A running headline is one whose topics are placed end-to-end rather than in ... The topical outline on page 114, converted into a running headline, ..."

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