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or gopher
as in assistant
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When Grainge was seventeen, a talent agent in Soho hired him as a sandwich guy, the lowliest gofer.
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Though her daughter, who just started playing the cello, will join Giddens in Ojai as a gofer.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
His career in music started as a gofer at A&L Record Distributors before becoming general manager for Philly Groove Records.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
In its first sequence, a harried gofer named Manny Torres (played by Diego Calva) tries to transport an elephant into the Hollywood Hills for a big-shot producer’s party, a farcical task that ends with the elephant pooping on the camera lens—in a way, on the viewers themselves.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Though her daughter, who just started playing the cello, will join Giddens in Ojai as a gofer.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
His career in music started as a gofer at A&L Record Distributors before becoming general manager for Philly Groove Records.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
In its first sequence, a harried gofer named Manny Torres (played by Diego Calva) tries to transport an elephant into the Hollywood Hills for a big-shot producer’s party, a farcical task that ends with the elephant pooping on the camera lens—in a way, on the viewers themselves.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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