"copyboy" meaning in English

See copyboy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: copyboys [plural]
Etymology: From copy + boy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|copy|boy}} copy + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} copyboy (plural copyboys)
  1. Alternative form of copy boy Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: copy boy
    Sense id: en-copyboy-en-noun-1sOCYpS2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1988 July 22, Sean Elder, “Reading: Two Trumans”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "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?\"",
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