gofer
or go-fer, go·pher
[ goh-fer ]
/ ˈgoʊ fər /
noun Slang.
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
Nearby words
- goethe,
- goethe, johann wolfgang von,
- goethian,
- goethite,
- goetz,
- goffer,
- goffering,
- goffstown,
- gog,
- gog and magog
Origin of gofer
1965–70; respelling of go for (verb phrase), with -er representing both vowel reduction in for and -er1
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Examples from the Web for gofer
I was the gofer guy who made $285 a week cleaning toilets.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST"Henry Hill was a just a gofer," remembers veteran crime reporter Pileggi.
Dougherty got his start in the news business as a gofer on The Washington Post sports desk in the 1970s.
A relic of old times is found in the custom at Newark known as “Ringing for Gofer.”
The Great North Road: London to York|Charles G. Harper
gofer
/ (ˈɡəʊfə) /
noun
slang, mainly US and Canadian an employee or assistant whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands
Word Origin for gofer
C20: originally US: alteration of go for
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gofer
"errand-runner," 1956, American English coinage from go for (coffee, spare parts, etc.), with a pun on gopher.
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