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an employee whose duties include running errands

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The "Trip Alert" setting notifies members of new trips posted near the zip code they specify, giving the listing member instant communication with potential "Gofers" in the area.
CHRISTINA Aguilera (bottle-blonde, chisel-face, sings half-naked) spent pounds 6,000 reserving half a first-class carriage for herself and her gofers to travel between London and Cardiff.
Gofers had to climb ladders to retrieve the ball when it went in.
The pair were described as "naive gofers" who had not realised the seriousness of what they were getting into.
The men, one of whom is reported to be from London, are described as gofers who supplied halal meat, provided transport and were seen at the players' hotel.
To a large extent, these kids will be gofers and runners and it's difficult for the police to be able to do anything about it."
Parliamentary private secretaries - usually known as PPSs - are the "gofers" of the parliamentary system.
After a good day of golf with great weather all the gofers were entertained by snooker star Willie Thorne who was the after-dinner speaker.
This summer and early fall, spare a thought for the operators, organizers and sundry gofers involved in what is probably the graphics industry's largest ever European road show.
`No, no, don't help me, I don't need assistants or gofers. I've got my feet on the ground and I can do it all MYSELF, do you hear me?'; `Pah, I spent 16 hours a day in a corset, in freezing water up to my neck, with a broken rib while filming Titanic - I laugh in the face of English rain.