coop
noun
an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
had cooped
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past perfectof coop.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There, in front of the superintendent's building, where they had cooped in the officers, the rashest of his followers had found themselves together, the Socialist leader had taken his stand.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
In their joy at the discomfiture of Downie and the catastrophe of Prevost, they began to look with contempt even upon General Drummond, who had cooped them up where they were.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
He was incensed against his fate, bitterly disposed towards social ordinances; for they had cooped him up in a corner, out of which there was no legitimate pathway.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
