Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copyboy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: copy-boy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of copy boy.

Example Sentences

"Seeing him for the first time in the halls of the New Yorker, where he served a stint as a copyboy, editor Harold Ross exclaimed, "For God's sake! What's that?""

Etymology

From copy + boy.

Inflected Forms

copyboys (plural)

Questions

What does copyboy mean?: Alternative form of copy boy.
Where does copyboy come from?: From copy + boy.

How to pronounce copyboy

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