gofer

Example Sentences

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They saw younger staff as gofers who should be happy to be there.

From Washington Post

A kind teacher told him about a gofer gig at the local repertory theater and boom, he was home.

From New York Times

Sondheim, who served as a gofer during summer rehearsals for the 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Allegro,” graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., with a bachelor’s degree in music in 1950.

From Los Angeles Times

He was a gofer, a 14-year-old kid working backstage in a play that I was doing at Hull House, which was the beginning of the theater movement in Chicago.

From Washington Post

In search of extra money, she worked as a fashion gofer for Mary Alice Stephenson, who was a junior editor at Allure magazine.

From Washington Post