fair copy

noun

1. a copy of a document made after final correction.

2. the condition of such a copy.

3. an exact copy.

fair copy

noun

1. a clean copy of a document on which all corrections have been made

Word History and Origins

Origin of fair copy¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

He tinkered with his draft for a further quarter of an hour, then threaded in new sheets and typed up a fair copy.

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He never wrote out fair copies of these jottings for me, fugitive as were the marks and impossible of interpretation.

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He had been unable to get a typist to the island to batter out a fair copy of the novel for his publisher.

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Within minutes, both the original and the fair copy were ash.

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The only person who knew of this poem’s existence, because Hughes had given her a typed fair copy of it, was the poet’s widow, Carol.

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