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gofer; gopher; go-for
noun- a low-level assistant who typically runs petty errands US, 1930
He or she will go for this and that. - Some gopher forgot to lock the gate. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 105, 1953
- Now, I’m the son’s go-for. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Long White Con, p. 180, 1977
- Presently employed as chauffeur, bodyguard, and gofer to Lorenzo "Pesh" Franconi. — Edwin Torres, Q & A, p. 37, 1977
- Of course I’m just a gopher but that’s cool. — Beatrice Sparks (writing as “Anonymous”), Jay’s Journal, p. 90, 1979
- She had just been promoted to stage manager from “broadcast associate,” which used to be called “production assistant,” or “PAS,” or more to the point, “go-fer.” — Dan Jenkins, Life Its Ownself, p. 186, 1984
- The “gopher” shook his head, puzzled, unaccusomted to the ways of sharp black prophets. — Donald Goines, The Busting Out of an Ordinary Man, p. 157, 1985
- The journalists, subs, production people, secretaries, designers and gofers who tenanted this stunted maze[.] — Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, p. 33, 1996
- Slaughter’s go-for. He’s a bit younger than me. — John Milne, Alive and Kicking, p. 217, 1998
- “Say in the paper this Chili Palmer used to be a wiseguy.” “He was a gofer, a hired hand.” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 109, 1999
- You, you are just the fuckin’ gofer anyway son. You’re only the Joey as they say at your end of the business. — J. J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. 158, 1999
- I became Spencer’s gofer, his Joey, and worked a twenty-four-hour shift[.] — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 64, 2000
- in the military, a special team assigned with the task of bypassing normal channels to acquire needed supplies US
- — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 279, 1990
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