Definition of Copyboy

1. Noun. (alternative form of copy boy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Copyboy

1. an office boy [n -BOYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copyboy

copy number polymorphism
copy number variation
copy out
copy protection
copy room
copy shop
copy shops
copy sort
copy sorts
copy test
copy typist
copy writer
copyable
copybook
copybooks
copyboy (current term)
copyboys
copycat
copycats
copycatted
copycatter
copycatters
copycatting
copydesk
copydesks
copyedit
copyedited
copyediting
copyeditor
copyeditors

Literary usage of Copyboy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"He would glance at the work, occasionally make a few corrections, then pass them to a copyboy who put them in a pneumatic tube for delivery to the battery ..."

2. Face to Face by Jeff W. O'Connell, Gabrielle Warnock (2000)
"TIM PAT COOGAN 1935- Educated at Blackrock College, he joined The Evening Press as a copyboy in 1954. Became editor of The Irish Press (now defunct) in 1968 ..."

3. Larue's Maneuvers by James Isaiah Gabbe (2007)
"... copyboy detoured me to Joe Knight's office. Knight, the managing editor, was a chubby, affable guy and a beer-drinking chum. Doubtless, he was going to ..."

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