copyboy

[ kop-ee-boi ]

noun

1. an employee who runs errands and carries copy from desk to desk in a newspaper office.

Word History and Origins

Origin of copyboy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; copy + boy

Example Sentences

So Lipsyte answered an ad to be a copyboy at The New York Times.

From The Daily Beast

The lowest copyboy knows better than to utter such an inanity.

From Project Gutenberg