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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

copygirl en · NOUN

Etymology

From copy + girl.

Meanings

  1. A female copy editor.
    • One settled for a copygirl's job at $60 a week on a New York City daily. After two years she was still a copygirl with no promise or assurance of advancement. 1965, Meyer L. Stein, Your Career in Journalism, Messner, page 32:

Forms

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copygirls Number=Plur lexicographic
copy girl alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

copy boy