Definition of "carbon copy" [carbon copy]

• A duplicate, as of a letter, made by using carbon paper. (noun)
• A person or thing that closely resembles another. (noun)

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• "His dada carbon copy of Emmett, except tallergrinned and took one hand off the steering wheel to give the Vulcan salute as well."
• "Inside lay the carbon copy of a letter, typed on an Underwood machine with a crooked lower-case "a": her father's type-writer; her father's words."