kop
noun
a hill.
kop
1 American
[kop]
/ kɒp /
noun
kop.
2
American
abbreviation
kop
British
/ kɒp /
noun
Etymology
Origin of kop
1825–35; < Afrikaans: literally, head, hence high or top part. See cop 3
Example Sentences
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However, here we are, and the kop "has a fine healthy air," as the General who was quite blue with cold remarked.
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate) Burne
Another wild dog appeared on the cone-shaped kop.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
There were not many dead or wounded to be seen; but burghers who had been stationed on the high kop previously mentioned had seen the English remove their wounded during the engagement.
From Three Years' War by Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
We had to leave some of them behind with the horses at the foot of the kop, and there were others who remained at the first safe position they reached—a frequent occurrence at that period.
From Three Years' War by Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
Und denn I gissed Madilda Yane Und she shlog me on de kop, Und de gompany fited mit daple-lecks Dill de coonshtable made oos shtop.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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