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cop⋅y⋅boy

[kop-ee-boi]
–noun
an employee who runs errands and carries copy from desk to desk in a newspaper office.

Origin:
1885–90; copy + boy
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copy boy also cop·y·boy   (kŏp'ē-boi')
n.  A boy employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands.
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