English Explanatory Dictionary

cross-reading

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Word forms

cross-reading cross-readings

Etymology

From cross- + reading.

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