copyboy

Example Sentences

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He'd been a Daily News copyboy when the music columnist OD'd.

From Salon

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

As a copyboy and then reporter at the Evening Star, he witnessed up close various milestones in the civil rights movement and the Kennedy presidency from inception to tragic end.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1960, the year Bernstein started as a copyboy, fewer than 1 in 10 Americans over 25 had a college degree.

From Washington Post

After buying a cheap, cream-colored suit from the cousin of a street vendor, young Carl managed to fast-talk his way into getting hired as a copyboy at The Evening Star, then the chief rival of The Washington Post.

From New York Times