carbon copied

A form of carbon copy — A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of carbon copy
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