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First line in a newspaper story
Answer for the clue "First line in a newspaper story ", 4 letters:
lede
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In journalism, lede is an alternative spelling for lead paragraph . Lede may also refer to: Lede, Belgium , a municipality in Flanders, Belgium Lede, Burma , a small town in Okpho Township , Burma LEDE , a distribution of embedded Linux
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1965, alternative spelling of lead (n.2) in the newspaper journalism sense (see lead (v.)), to distinguish this sense from other possible meanings of the written word, perhaps especially the molten lead (n.1) used in typesetting machines.
Usage examples of lede.
For to telle of this teuelyng of this trwe kny3te3, Hit is the tytelet token and tyxt of her werkke3, How ledes for her lele luf hor lyue3 han auntered, Endured for her drury dulful stounde3, And after wenged with her walour and voyded her care, And bro3t blysse into boure with bountees hor awen-- And 3e ar knyyght comlokest kyd of your elde, Your worde and your worchip walke3 ayquere, And I haf seten by yourself here sere twyes, Yghet herde I neuer of your hed helde no worde3 That euer longed to luf, lasse ne more.