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copyboy
[ kop-ee-boi ]
/ ˈkɒp iˌbɔɪ /
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noun
an employee who runs errands and carries copy from desk to desk in a newspaper office.
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Words nearby copyboy
copulation, copulative, copulative asyndeton, copy, copybook, copyboy, copycat, copycutter, copy desk, copyedit, copyeditor
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How to use copyboy in a sentence
So Lipsyte answered an ad to be a copyboy at The New York Times.
The lowest copyboy knows better than to utter such an inanity.
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