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ˈcopeman1, † copesman arch.
[orig. copesman, f. cope n.3 (in possess. cope's) + man: cf. craftsman, tradesman, etc. The later copeman may have been influenced by Du. koopman in same sense: but cf. also copesmate, copemate.]
1. A chapman, merchant, dealer. Obs.
α1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 68 b, And having found a copesman for his great barque, with the money thereof and with other..he bought a small pinnas. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Marchand, a merchant, a chapman, a copesman. 1580Apol. Prince Orange in Phenix (1721) I. 520 There is..no Country, wherein they are not counted for inconstant People, and great Coops-men.
β1605B. Jonson Volpone iii. v. Wks. (Rtldg.) 191/1 He would have sold his part of Paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman. 1875Buckland Log-bk. 86 When the Copemen arrive in the harbours to sell their goods from the Vessel.
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1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames iii. 120 The Copemen or the Receivers of stolen goods on the shores of the river. Ibid. 172 The Copemen provide Bags, Jiggers, Bladders..the Plunder goes on to a great extent in the night. |