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Word: carbon copy (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pression applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
  • Any duplicate.

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Verb:

  • To create a carbon copy of.

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