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- noun A
female copy editor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She worked for the Dayton Herald (which later became the Journal-Herald) as a copygirl as a teenager and got her first article published while she was still in high school.
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Over the years, she worked her way up from copygirl at the Washington Daily News to White House Bureau Chief.
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Prior to the arrest warrant, in the summer of 1977, Caroline Kennedy had signed on to work as a copygirl at the New York Daily News.
American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007
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Prior to the arrest warrant, in the summer of 1977, Caroline Kennedy had signed on to work as a copygirl at the New York Daily News.
American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007
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Apfel worked as a copygirl at Women's Wear Daily and eventually broke into the decorating business, founding the Old World Weavers fabric firm.
Staff Blogs 2009
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Within 18 months, he had fallen in love with a pretty, quick-witted copygirl, Barbara Stone, and after a terrifying, if occasionally thrilling, baptism of snootiness by her family — New Year’s at Arturo Toscanini’s house, a frightening experience with a finger bowl — he married her.
The Gelb Family 2006
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Within 18 months, he had fallen in love with a pretty, quick-witted copygirl, Barbara Stone, and after a terrifying, if occasionally thrilling, baptism of snootiness by her family — New Year’s at Arturo Toscanini’s house, a frightening experience with a finger bowl — he married her.
The Gelb Family 2006
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Within 18 months, he had fallen in love with a pretty, quick-witted copygirl, Barbara Stone, and after a terrifying, if occasionally thrilling, baptism of snootiness by her family — New Year’s at Arturo Toscanini’s house, a frightening experience with a finger bowl — he married her.
The Gelb Family 2006
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Within 18 months, he had fallen in love with a pretty, quick-witted copygirl, Barbara Stone, and after a terrifying, if occasionally thrilling, baptism of snootiness by her family — New Year’s at Arturo Toscanini’s house, a frightening experience with a finger bowl — he married her.
The Gelb Family 2006
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