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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
paste-up
noun
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▪ Lineup table a table with an illuminated top used for preparing and checking alignment of page layouts and paste-ups.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
paste-up

1930, from paste (v.) + up (adv.).

WordNet
paste-up

n. a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing; "they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket"

Usage examples of "paste-up".

I've sold jewelry on the street, done paste-ups and mechanicals for a magazine, sold men's colognes at Macy's, and worked in a film lab.

This place is a reconverted warehouse, one immense office, and the editorial department is six desks pushed together in the back, near the paste-up tables and the library and the wire.