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copy boy

copy boy noun: a boy employed to carry copy and run errands.

Noun

copy boy (plural copy boys)

  1. (historical) A boy employed to carry copy and run errands.
    • Copy boys wanted for expanding staff of ambitious regional newspaper. Need smart, hardworking hustlers.2020, Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Copy Boy: A Jane Benjamin Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Forms of copy boy

pluralcopy boys
alternative formcopyboy

Questions about copy boy

What does copy boy mean?
Copy boy means a boy employed to carry copy and run errands.
What part of speech is copy boy?
Copy boy is a noun.
What is the plural of copy boy?
The plural of copy boy is copy boys.

Words near copy boy in the dictionary

  1. copy and paste
  2. copy and pastes
  3. copy art
  4. copy attack
  5. copy attacks
  6. copy boy
  7. copy boys
  8. copy cat
  9. copy cats
  10. copy constructor
  11. copy constructors

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