downtable

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A form of down-table — Working as a copy editor or assistant editor, subordinate to others.

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Meanings

adjectivedowntable (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of down-table.

    It was generous—far more than a single man in his mid-twenties needed—which delighted me, because I had in mind some years of unfettered bachelorhood in which to function as a downtable sub-editor and writer, while getting in a lot of golf and night life.

    1981, Donald Woods, Asking for Trouble: The Autobiography of a Banned Journalist
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APA

downtable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtable

MLA

“downtable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downtable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtable.

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