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copyboy

copyboy is the alternative form of copy boy.

Meaning of copy boy

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 copyboy

pluralcopyboys

Origin of copyboy

From copy + boy.

Questions about copyboy

What is copyboy the alternative form of?
Copyboy is the alternative form of copy boy.

Words near copyboy in the dictionary

  1. copyable
  2. copyback
  3. copybacks
  4. copybook
  5. copybooks
  6. copyboy
  7. copyboys
  8. copycat
  9. copycatism
  10. copycats
  11. copycatted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: copyboy (page history and authors); copy boy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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