subs. phr. (printers’).—See quot., and TOKEN.
1890. JACOBI [Slang Dictionary, s.v.]. BULLOCK’S HEART. This is a term of contempt that pressmen apply to a single ‘token,’ or order to print, of two hundred and fifty copies only, the lowest paying number in the scale of prices. This expression is due to the circumstance that it is not a ‘fat’ but a ‘lean’ job, hence the comparison to a bullock’s heart, which, unless suffering from ‘fatty degeneration,’ is the essence of leanness.
