Copley

[ kop-lee ]

/ ˈkɒp li /

noun

John Sin·gle·ton

[sing-guhl-tuhn], /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/, 1738–1815, U.S. painter.

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Words nearby Copley

copious, copita, coplanar, Copland, Copland, Aaron, Copley, cop off, copolymer, copolymerize, copolymer resin, cop-out

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The Copley Square descriptions, however, suggest there was flesh everywhere.
What It’s Like to Be in a Boston Emergency Room Today|Kent Sepkowitz|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Nobody had any interest in what he was doing because nobody, including myself, knew he was doing anything,” Copley once said.
Marcel Duchamp's Secret Masterpiece|Rachel Wolff|August 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Her work has also appeared in The Los Angeles Times and The Copley Press.
I Need Steve Jobs' Liver|Linda Alcorace|June 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Copley has got your father under his thumb and has threatened to ruin him, unless you consent to be his wife.
Hard Pressed|Fred M. White

But she did not know how beautiful the bracelet was until after Copley had disappeared in his Lauriette.
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence|Alice B. Emerson
To make this statement smooth, I will remark that every one in Portsmouth has a Copley—or would have if a fair division were made.
An Old Town By The Sea|Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Copley was done and submitted quietly to have the handcuffs put upon his wrists.
Hard Pressed|Fred M. White
He lived with his son-in-law, Copley the painter, Leicester Square.
The Loyalists of Massachusetts|James H. Stark

British Dictionary definitions for Copley

Copley

/ (ˈkɒplɪ) /

noun

John Singleton. 1738–1815, US painter

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