horse-coper

[ hawrs-koh-per ]

nounBritish.

Origin of horse-coper

1
First recorded in 1675–85

Words Nearby horse-coper

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How to use horse-coper in a sentence

  • At first Edward had better luck with his Lieutenant, a certain horse-coper or dealer.

    Red Cap Tales | Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • Fenley, a groom and horse coper on the one hand, and the dark daughter of a Calcutta merchant on the other.

  • What can you guess what Maximus thinks, you old horse-coper?

    Puck of Pook's Hill | Rudyard Kipling
  • No one suspected amongst the Romany that he was anything else but a horse-coper.

    Red Money | Fergus Hume