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 Co’pus.Cop’yhold Estate. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Copy.
 
That’s a mere copy of your countenance. Not your real wish or meaning, but merely one you choose to present to me.   1
   Copy is a printer’s term both for original MS. and printed matter that is to be set up in type.   2
 


 Co’pus.Cop’yhold Estate. 

 
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