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Would you please explain to me what does “gopher” mean as a job? The dictionary says it means someone who run errands but I cannot understand it.
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Would you please explain to me what does “gopher” mean as a job? The dictionary says it means someone who run errands but I cannot understand it.
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Would you please explain to me what does “gopher” mean as a job? The dictionary says it means someone who run errands but I cannot understand it.
Thanks in advance.
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Would you please explain to me what does “gopher” mean as a job? The dictionary says it means someone who run errands but I cannot understand it.
Thanks in advance.
american-english vocabulary
american-english vocabulary
asked Nov 14 at 10:15
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asked Nov 14 at 10:15
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asked Nov 14 at 10:15
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asked Nov 14 at 10:15
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I believe gofer is the correct word Vocabulary.com Slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
an employee whose duties include running errands
As a gofer your job might include delivering packages, 'fetching' lunch, and other odd jobs. Personal chores are not out of bounds. The word describes anyone whose job is as a "guy (or gal) Friday" The word was coined in the 1950s, from the sense of "go for," and echoing the word gopher. In professional bicycle racing, the 'domestiques'(aka housekeepers) in the races use themselves up doing the hard pulls, going back for water and even sacrificing their bicycles the the 'leader' when necessary.
Here are a couple of recent uses of gofer:
Mr. Lee was initially paid $8 a week as an office gofer. New York
Times Nov 11, 2018
and
“I was a gofer for anything the players wanted,” he said. Washington
Times Oct 25, 2016
An apt word, as real gophers work on and below the ground.
answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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I believe gofer is the correct word Vocabulary.com Slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
an employee whose duties include running errands
As a gofer your job might include delivering packages, 'fetching' lunch, and other odd jobs. Personal chores are not out of bounds. The word describes anyone whose job is as a "guy (or gal) Friday" The word was coined in the 1950s, from the sense of "go for," and echoing the word gopher. In professional bicycle racing, the 'domestiques'(aka housekeepers) in the races use themselves up doing the hard pulls, going back for water and even sacrificing their bicycles the the 'leader' when necessary.
Here are a couple of recent uses of gofer:
Mr. Lee was initially paid $8 a week as an office gofer. New York
Times Nov 11, 2018
and
“I was a gofer for anything the players wanted,” he said. Washington
Times Oct 25, 2016
An apt word, as real gophers work on and below the ground.
answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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I believe gofer is the correct word Vocabulary.com Slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
an employee whose duties include running errands
As a gofer your job might include delivering packages, 'fetching' lunch, and other odd jobs. Personal chores are not out of bounds. The word describes anyone whose job is as a "guy (or gal) Friday" The word was coined in the 1950s, from the sense of "go for," and echoing the word gopher. In professional bicycle racing, the 'domestiques'(aka housekeepers) in the races use themselves up doing the hard pulls, going back for water and even sacrificing their bicycles the the 'leader' when necessary.
Here are a couple of recent uses of gofer:
Mr. Lee was initially paid $8 a week as an office gofer. New York
Times Nov 11, 2018
and
“I was a gofer for anything the players wanted,” he said. Washington
Times Oct 25, 2016
An apt word, as real gophers work on and below the ground.
answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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I believe gofer is the correct word Vocabulary.com Slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
an employee whose duties include running errands
As a gofer your job might include delivering packages, 'fetching' lunch, and other odd jobs. Personal chores are not out of bounds. The word describes anyone whose job is as a "guy (or gal) Friday" The word was coined in the 1950s, from the sense of "go for," and echoing the word gopher. In professional bicycle racing, the 'domestiques'(aka housekeepers) in the races use themselves up doing the hard pulls, going back for water and even sacrificing their bicycles the the 'leader' when necessary.
Here are a couple of recent uses of gofer:
Mr. Lee was initially paid $8 a week as an office gofer. New York
Times Nov 11, 2018
and
“I was a gofer for anything the players wanted,” he said. Washington
Times Oct 25, 2016
An apt word, as real gophers work on and below the ground.
answered Nov 14 at 13:19
lbf
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I believe gofer is the correct word Vocabulary.com Slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
an employee whose duties include running errands
As a gofer your job might include delivering packages, 'fetching' lunch, and other odd jobs. Personal chores are not out of bounds. The word describes anyone whose job is as a "guy (or gal) Friday" The word was coined in the 1950s, from the sense of "go for," and echoing the word gopher. In professional bicycle racing, the 'domestiques'(aka housekeepers) in the races use themselves up doing the hard pulls, going back for water and even sacrificing their bicycles the the 'leader' when necessary.
Here are a couple of recent uses of gofer:
Mr. Lee was initially paid $8 a week as an office gofer. New York
Times Nov 11, 2018
and
“I was a gofer for anything the players wanted,” he said. Washington
Times Oct 25, 2016
An apt word, as real gophers work on and below the ground.
answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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answered Nov 14 at 13:19
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