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22:18 Jun 7, 2005
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English term or phrase:Newspaper cane?
Does anyone know the correct English word for the rod system used to hold newspapers in hotel lobbies, cafés, etc. On the net, I have found "newspaper cane", "newspaper rod" and "newspaper holder" but there are so few hits for each term that I can't help thinking that there must be something else.
Explanation: I hope the below link works. It is actually called a "Newspaper Stick" according to this website that sells them. A newspaper rack is different because it is either the structure that you place these sticks on or is another sort of display case for newspapers. These are sticks that have a slot in them where you fit the newspaper in and it holds it as if it were a sort of book binding. If the below link doesn't bring you to their site, try ";www.gaylordmart.com" and then search for "newspaper stick." This is a library supply shop. Good luck!
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Sorry to keep adding stuff but the picture is the very last one of the page for all those interested in checking it out.
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http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_s.cfm#stick
This is the Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. The definition for newspaper stick:
\"A sturdy hardwood or metal rod about three feet long, divided lengthwise down the center, usually into four thin shafts, with a handle on one end and a rubber ring at the other to hold the most recent issue of a newspaper securely along the fold. When not in use, the rods are designed to rest horizontally in a rack high enough to allow the leaves to hang freely without touching the floor (click here to see an example). Synonymous with newspaper rod.
Also refers to a handheld adjustable wood or metal frame used to hold in sequence the individual units of type as they are composed in letterpress, each unit bearing a single character, arranged in reverse order from right to left and upside down. The frame is usually calibrated to allow line-length to be fixed. After several lines of type have been assembled, the typesetter transfers them to a holding tray called a galley to await make-up into page form.\"
The ones that I have seen, and that prompted my question, are made of wood, with a wire that grips the centre page of the paper and holds it to the... whatever.
I think of dowels as wood, bars and rods as metal and perhaps plastic, and wire as simply wire :). All of these seem to be found on the type of rack you are describing (as opposed to shelves, stands, and a million other systems).
Thanks, Elizabeth, but I realize now my question wasn't clear enough. The rack would be the fitting that the newspapers would hang from on their canes, rods or holders. There again, perhaps "dowel" could be the word I need.
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newspaper cane?
newspaper rack
Explanation: This is what the whole assembly is typically called; as for the dowel itself, that depends to some degree upon what it is made from, plastic, metal, wood, wire, etc.
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