IN PRINT, adv. phr. (colloquial).—Exactly in order. OUT OF PRINT = disordered; tumbled. QUITE IN PRINT = formal and precise: see TALK.—GROSE (1785).
1621. BURTON, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 539. He must speak IN PRINT, walk IN PRINT, eat and drink IN PRINT.
1625. JONSON, The Staple of News, i. 1. P. jun. … fits my ruff well? Lin. IN PRINT.
1851. Notes and Queries, 1 S. IV. 12. Take care, Sir, you’ll put your hair OUT OF PRINT.
