copyboy
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Maybe answering that question could be the Ph.D. thesis I was headed toward 66 years ago when I answered that ad for copyboy in the late, lamented sports department of the New York Times.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
He tells an anecdote about something foolish he did when he was a copyboy, then famously says, “Just wanted you to know I’ve done dumber things than get us lost, that’s all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
In 1960, the year Bernstein started as a copyboy, fewer than 1 in 10 Americans over 25 had a college degree.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
The paths that once took 16 year-old school-leavers from shopfloor to boardroom or from copyboy to newspaper editor are blocked.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2013
A little after six thirty that evening, a copyboy walked in with a stack of papers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
