rewriteman

rewriteman
/ree"ruyt man'/, n., pl. rewritemen.
a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
[1900-05, Amer.; REWRITE + MAN1]
Usage. See -man.

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