A page-order clueSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
The next page’s first word was already here
A catchword at the foot of a page anticipates the first word on the following page. In manuscripts and early printed books, it helped binders and printers keep pages in the right order. The tiny preview had a practical production job.
The next word also checked the next page.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05