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copping

[ kop-ing ]

/ ˈkɒp ɪŋ /

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noun

the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.

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Also called quilling.

Origin of copping

First recorded in 1785–95; cop² + -ing¹

Words nearby copping

copper-sulfate method, copper sulphate, coppertone, coppery, coppice, copping, Coppola, copr-, copra, coprecipitate, copremesis

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Example sentences from the Web for copping

The first look that Copping sent out was an elegant pencil silhouette for an imaginary woman named Catherine.
Deconstructing Dance at Nina Ricci|Liza Foreman|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Copping answered all unconsciously in the words of Lady Macbeth.
The Dictator|Justin McCarthy
The Cardinals grabbed two out of three, and its only the mercy of heaven that rain kept them from copping another.
Baseball Joe, Home Run King|Lester Chadwick
That portion of a "self-actor mule" which guides the faller wires is termed the "shaper" or "copping motion."
The Story of the Cotton Plant|Frederick Wilkinson

But that's impossible Al but they's nothing to keep me from copping it off.
The Real Dope|Ring Lardner
Copping, it was testified, was the writer of this remarkable agreement.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various

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