copy boy

noun

A boy employed to carry copy and run errands.

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Meanings

nouncopy boy (plural copy boys)

plural copy boys · alternative copyboy

  1. historicaljournalismA boy employed to carry copy and run errands.

    Copy boys wanted for expanding staff of ambitious regional newspaper. Need smart, hardworking hustlers.

    2020, Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Copy Boy: A Jane Benjamin Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Translations

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APA

copy boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copy%20boy

MLA

“copy boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copy%20boy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copy boy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copy%20boy.

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