Copper Age

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noun

a cultural period intermediate between the Neolithic and the Bronze ages, marked by the development and use of copper tools.

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Origin of Copper Age

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby Copper Age

copolymerize, copolymer resin, cop-out, Coppelia, copper, Copper Age, copperah, Copper and Stone Age, copper arsenite, copperas, Copperas Cove

How to use Copper Age in a sentence

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In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
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Doctors have long wrestled with the age of consent when it comes to mature adolescents.
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You have to acknowledge your age and position in life, for me quite a lot of those emotionally fueled songs were hormone songs.
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The copilot on Flight 8501 was Remi Emmanuel Piesel, 46, who despite his age had just 2,275 hours of flying experience.
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Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
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The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
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In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.
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He began his military career at the age of 11, and continued in the service nearly 60 years.
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His hair was darker—almost brown save at the temples, where age had faded it to an ashen colour.
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