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Menial worker taking pound from e.g. Tiger Woods (5)

Ross

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gofer

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(Other definitions for gofer that I've seen before include "Informal word for one who runs errands" , "Junior employee" , "Assistant who runs errands (slang)" , "One running errands" , "Errand runner (colloq.)" .)

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