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"2": "go",
"3": "fer",
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},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From go + fer (for), as in “go for coffee” or “go for that document” etc. Possibly also a pun on the rodent Gopher, animals known for both their vast tunneling and hoarding activities.",
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{
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001, William Hairston, Passion and Politics",
"text": "More and more people agreed to help with the mailings, the hand-distribution of flyers, and telephonings. Others agreed to be gofers and fetchers.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A worker who runs errands; an errand boy."
],
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"links": [
[
"worker",
"worker"
],
[
"errand boy",
"errand boy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dogsbody"
},
{
"word": "go-fer"
},
{
"word": "gopher"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poskok"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "stik i rend dreng"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "fidibus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loopjongen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "manusje-van-alles"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "juoksupoika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "lähetti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "tsuppari"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aushilfskraft"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "fullajtár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "lóti-futi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pashiri",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "パシリ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "tonotono"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schekjbenjel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chłopiec na posyłki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moço de recados"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málʹčik na pobeguškax",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́льчик на побегушках"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mandadero"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "allakkai",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "அல்லக்கை"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡoʊfɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "gopher"
}
],
"word": "gofer"
}
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"2": "go",
"3": "fer",
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},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From go + fer (for), as in “go for coffee” or “go for that document” etc. Possibly also a pun on the rodent Gopher, animals known for both their vast tunneling and hoarding activities.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gofers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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],
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001, William Hairston, Passion and Politics",
"text": "More and more people agreed to help with the mailings, the hand-distribution of flyers, and telephonings. Others agreed to be gofers and fetchers.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A worker who runs errands; an errand boy."
],
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[
"worker",
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],
[
"errand boy",
"errand boy"
]
],
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"(informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡoʊfɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "gopher"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dogsbody"
},
{
"word": "go-fer"
},
{
"word": "gopher"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poskok"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "stik i rend dreng"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "fidibus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loopjongen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "manusje-van-alles"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "juoksupoika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "lähetti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "tsuppari"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aushilfskraft"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "fullajtár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "lóti-futi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pashiri",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "パシリ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "tonotono"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schekjbenjel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chłopiec na posyłki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moço de recados"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málʹčik na pobeguškax",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́льчик на побегушках"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "worker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mandadero"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "allakkai",
"sense": "worker",
"word": "அல்லக்கை"
}
],
"word": "gofer"
}
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