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copygirl

noun

Etymology

From copy + girl.

  1. inherited from *gurilā✻
  2. inherited from *gyrele✻
  3. inherited from gerle
  4. compounded as copygirl — “copy + girl”

Definitions

  1. A female copy editor.

    • One settled for a copygirl's job at $60 a week on a New York City daily. After two years she was still a copygirl with no promise or assurance of advancement.

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