English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nut + dash, to avoid ambiguity when speaking between en dash and em dash.[1]
Noun
[edit]- (typography slang) Synonym of en dash.
References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, A. A. (1919), Typesetting: A Primer of Information About Working at the Case, Justifying, Spacing, Correcting, Making-up, and Other Operations Employed in Setting Type by Hand (Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices; Part II, No. 16), Chicago: Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America, page 91