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Noun: compositor's case
  1. (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
    "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper compositor's case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters";
    - case, typesetter's case

Type of: receptacle