copter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copter
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Garcia: As an elder, married millennial, I often joke about how I feel like I got the last copter out of a war zone before the rise of online dating — I just hear a lot about the challenges people younger than myself face in the dating world!
From Los Angeles Times
“In the years after the copter crash, I have maintained an extraordinary sense of gratitude on steroids,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
I thought I heard a helicopter flying low but thought in that pea soup a copter could not be flying so put it out of mind.
From Los Angeles Times
QRF Copter 76 on scene of the #FranklinFire, LAC.
From Los Angeles Times
For instance, as the task force fought the Bridge fire the afternoon of Sept. 11, the Forest Service airplane supervising the effort, AA-52, had to return to base, according to Fennessy and a written statement provided by Ken Craw, an aerial supervisor who was flying Copter-76 under contract with the Orange County Fire Authority.
From Los Angeles Times
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