Copyboy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of copy boy. alt-of, alternative

    "Seeing him for the first time in the halls of the New Yorker, where he served a stint as a copyboy, editor Harold Ross exclaimed, "For God's sake! What's that?""

Synonyms

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airline hostessairline stewardessattendantbatmanbellboybellhop

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"Seeing him for the first time in the halls of the New Yorker, where he served a stint as a copyboy, editor Harold Ross exclaimed, "For God's sake! What's that?""

Etymology

From copy + boy.

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