carbon copy

noun [C]

Definition

WRITING › a copy of a written document that is made using carbon paper (= thin paper covered in carbon)

PERSON › an exact copy of something: He's a carbon copy of his father.

(Definition of carbon copy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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