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gofer definition

☆ go·fer or go-fer go′·-fer (gō′fər)

noun

Slang an employee who performs minor or menial tasks such as running errands

Etymology: from being asked to go for whatever is needed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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