Definitions

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  • noun A female copy editor.

Etymologies

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copy +‎ girl

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Examples

  • 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.

    Five People Born on February 21 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Over the years, she worked her way up from copygirl at the Washington Daily News to White House Bureau Chief.

    Cristina Pippa: Helen Thomas Outside the Press Room 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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