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Extremely Desperate Copyists Giving Marks Out Crossword Clue

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verb

• give a description of

• to give an account or representation of in words

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

36%10Copyists
noun

• someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

36%7 Unoriginal copyists
noun

• an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician

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