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carbon copy
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carbon copy
n.
1. A duplicate, as of a letter, made by using carbon paper.
2. A person or thing that closely resembles another.

carbon copy
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a duplicate copy of writing, typewriting, or drawing obtained by using carbon paper Often shortened to carbon
2. Informal a person or thing that is identical or very similar to another
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.carbon copy - a copy made with carbon paper
copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
Translations
carbon copy n (Typing) → copia (in carta carbone) (fig) → copia f carbone inv
he's a carbon copy of his father → è tutto suo padre, è la copia carbone di suo padre
carbon copy n (Typing) → copia (in carta carbone) (fig) → copia f carbone inv
he's a carbon copy of his father → è tutto suo padre, è la copia carbone di suo padre


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They are all their own persons and not carbon copies of anyone else.
Indeed, the concept of the periodic backup predates personal computing itself; Iron Mountain arguably delivered the first backup solution in the mid-1950s when it began burying carbon copies of documents in an abandoned iron mine in upstate New York.
Its strategy calls for plants to essentially be carbon copies of each other: same layout, same processes, same equipment.
 
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