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carbon copy

 noun
     
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carbon copy [countable]
1BD a copy, especially of something that has been typed using carbon paper [↪ cc]
2 someone or something that is very similar to another person or thing
carbon copy of
The robbery is a carbon copy of one that took place last year.
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