copyboy en · NOUN
Etymology
From copy + boy.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of copy boy.
alt of copy boy
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?"
1988 July 22, Sean Elder, “Reading: Two Trumans”, in Chicago Reader:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| copyboys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |