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copper-headed, a. U.S.
[Cf. prec.]
a. Having a copper-coloured head.
b. Of or pertaining to a copperhead (sense 2 and 3).
1808T. Ashe Trav. Amer. II. 287 Rattle Snake..Copper Headed Ditto. 1847in D. Drake Pion. Life Kentucky (1870) ii. 25 The copper-colored man, and the copper-headed snake [were] then extremely common. a1861T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1883) xii. 248 The copper-headed, snaky beguiler. 1863Congress. Globe 936/2 The seat of rebellion..is among the copper-headed traitors of the North. |