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carbon copy

–noun
1. a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using carbon paper.
2. a near or exact duplicate of a given person or thing; replica.

Origin:
1890–95
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Main Entry:  carbon-copy
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to make a carbon copy of; to send a duplicate of a communication to someone else
Example:  All email systems provide a way to carbon-copy and blind carbon-copy others.
Etymology:  1914
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