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noun ˈkəʊpəˈkoʊpər archaic A horse-dealer. Example sentencesExamples - On the commons and in the fields outside the town, wandering folk of all descriptions - gypsies, ‘hawkers, tinkers, fortune-tellers, horse-copers, and ragamuffins - took up their abode.
- They were a queer folk, silent and self-contained, and keeping very much to themselves - odd-tempered at times - decent on the whole, for they never produced a drunkard - wonderful horse-breakers and horse-copers and dog - trainers and poachers - relics of an earlier England.
- She indicated that a trade rival, who was a horse-coper and widely known by his nickname of " Was,’ had done the deed, and he was ultimately convicted and punished.
- The working lives of late 19 th- and early 20 th-century shoemakers, horse-copers, lace-makers and milliners are resurrected for us.
- According to legend in one of the granges there was a unique well with fine drinking water where the Armenian horse-copers would often stop for watering and to refresh themselves.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Middle English cope 'buy', from Dutch, Low German kōpen; related to German kaufen, also to cheap. Rhymes doper, eloper, Europa, groper, hoper, L-dopa, moper, no-hoper, opah, toper noun ˈkəʊpəˈkoʊpər A person who deals effectively with difficult situations. Emma was always going to be fine. She was one of life's copers Example sentencesExamples - She said many of the inmates were 'poor copers' who were either behind bars for the first time, of limited intelligence or physically weak.
- I seem to be a very good coper.
- They're the copers, they support each other and they make things work.
- Those oldest old are optimistic, committed to something interesting, are actively mobile, and good copers with life.
- "Usually he's incredibly positive, a coper."
- I was, but I am a coper.
- After he lost his sight, "he was very much a coper," Dr Shapiro said.
- Michelle's a coper.
- Tebby and he had met in a mental hospital previously and had stayed together ever since, despite being a poor coper which is understandable.
- Once upon a time, nannies were the carers and the copers for middle-class families whose parents had opted out.
nounˈkoʊpərˈkōpər archaic A horse-dealer. Example sentencesExamples - On the commons and in the fields outside the town, wandering folk of all descriptions - gypsies, ‘hawkers, tinkers, fortune-tellers, horse-copers, and ragamuffins - took up their abode.
- They were a queer folk, silent and self-contained, and keeping very much to themselves - odd-tempered at times - decent on the whole, for they never produced a drunkard - wonderful horse-breakers and horse-copers and dog - trainers and poachers - relics of an earlier England.
- According to legend in one of the granges there was a unique well with fine drinking water where the Armenian horse-copers would often stop for watering and to refresh themselves.
- The working lives of late 19 th- and early 20 th-century shoemakers, horse-copers, lace-makers and milliners are resurrected for us.
- She indicated that a trade rival, who was a horse-coper and widely known by his nickname of " Was,’ had done the deed, and he was ultimately convicted and punished.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Middle English cope ‘buy’, from Dutch, Low German kōpen; related to German kaufen, also to cheap. nounˈkoʊpərˈkōpər A person who deals effectively with difficult situations. Emma was always going to be fine. She was one of life's copers Example sentencesExamples - After he lost his sight, "he was very much a coper," Dr Shapiro said.
- She said many of the inmates were 'poor copers' who were either behind bars for the first time, of limited intelligence or physically weak.
- I seem to be a very good coper.
- Those oldest old are optimistic, committed to something interesting, are actively mobile, and good copers with life.
- I was, but I am a coper.
- "Usually he's incredibly positive, a coper."
- They're the copers, they support each other and they make things work.
- Once upon a time, nannies were the carers and the copers for middle-class families whose parents had opted out.
- Tebby and he had met in a mental hospital previously and had stayed together ever since, despite being a poor coper which is understandable.
- Michelle's a coper.
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