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Definition: FOUL COPY

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. A rough draught, with erasures and corrections; -- opposed to fair or clean copy. ``Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies.'' --Cowper.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: FOUL COPY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. A rough draught, with erasures and corrections; -- opposed to fair or clean copy. ``Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies.'' --Cowper.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: FOUL COPY

ExpressionsDefinition
Foul copyA rough draught, with erasures and corrections; -- opposed to fair or clean copy. ``Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies.'' --Cowper. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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