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gofer

or go-fer, ²µ´Ç·±è³ó±ð°ù

[ goh-fer ]

noun

Slang.
  1. an employee whose chief duty is running errands.


gofer

/ ˈɡəʊ´ÚÉ™ /

noun

  1. slang.
    an employee or assistant whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gofer1

1965–70; respelling of go for (verb phrase), with -er representing both vowel reduction in for and -er 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gofer1

C20: originally US: alteration of go for
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Allegations that the WWE turned a blind eye to rampant abuse of "ring boys" — minors taken on by the wrestling promotion to work as gofers — have plagued the company for decades.

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He began his career in the film industry in the mid-1930s working as an extra and was a gofer at Denham Film Studios, where he first met Lean, an editor, in 1942.

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Our heroine, a funny, foul-mouthed gofer who’s racking up miles driving in Bucharest, has just told her passenger about a road outside the city that has more memorials edging it than it has kilometers.

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The two first met at a Western Sizzlin steakhouse in Memphis, at a benefit for Don Ezell, the longtime gofer at Sun Records.

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He entered show business at age 16 as a TV mailroom gofer.

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