coper
a horse dealer.
Origin of coper
1- Also called horse-coper.
Words Nearby coper
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How to use coper in a sentence
Dark copers both felt great and thought they had learned and grown.
What’s the fun in fear? Science explores the appeal of scary movies | Maria Temming | October 27, 2022 | Science News For StudentsAt first Edward had better luck with his Lieutenant, a certain horse-coper or dealer.
Red Cap Tales | Samuel Rutherford CrockettShe was to sell the tobacco at a fixed price that just covered the cost, and undersold the "coper" by fifty per cent.
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason GrenfellBefore they climbed aboard, the taller man said, 'Now let us sink the coper's boat.
Chatterbox, 1905. | VariousAnd here is the carroty-poled urchin, George coper, returning from work, and singing 'Home!
Our Village | Mary Russell Mitford
It was that enemy of souls, that floating grog-shop, that pirate of the North Sea, the coper.
The Lively Poll | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for coper
/ (ˈkəʊpə) /
a horse-dealer
Origin of coper
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