† copemastercopesmastern.
Obsolete.
= copeman n.1
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chapmanc890
haberdasher1311
need doera1382
handlera1398
unfreeman1445
occupier1509
taker-up1548
trafficker1560
pliers1565
copeman1566
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copemaster1579
couper1581
drover1585
negotiator1596
merchandiser1597
coper1609
dealer1611
commercer1632
market-maker1647
general dealer1709
negotianta1774
outfitter1829
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1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 572/1 They play the copemaisters, and make merchandise of the doctrine of the Gospell.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 294 What faith is to bee given to the most formall bargain made with such Copes-masters of testimonies?
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n.1579- to rap and run
- to rap and wring
- to rap on the fingers
- to rap on the knuckles
- to rape and pillage
- to rape and rend
- to rape and run
- to rape and scrape
- to rape and wring
- to rarely catch a person tardy
- to rase in sunder
- to rase on sunder
- to rate by candle-end
- to rate by candleend
- to rate up
- to rattle a person's cage
- to rattle away
- to rattle it out
- to rattle one's dags
- to rattle the sabre
- to raunch it up
- to rave it up
- to rave unrocked
- to ravel someone a pirn
- to ravish, rob, etc a woman's virginity