kopeck

or ko·pek, co·peck

[ koh-pek ]

/ ˈkoʊ pɛk /

noun

an aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.

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Origin of kopeck

1690–1700; < Russian kopéĭka, equivalent to kopʾë lance, spear + -ka diminutive suffix; so called from the lance with which the figure on the coin was armed

Words nearby kopeck

kootchar, kootenay, kootenay lake, kop, kop., kopeck, kopeisk, kopfring, koph, kopit, kopiyka

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Example sentences from the Web for kopeck

He had not a kopeck in the world, except what the people gave him when he played his dulcimer for their dancing.
Old Peter's Russian Tales|Arthur Ransome
The kopeck that you win by guile may swell your roll today, but in the clammy afterwhile it melts that roll away.
Rippling Rhymes|Walt Mason
Comrades, I propose that we quit work until he gives up that kopeck!
Mother|Maksim Gorky
Every kopeck she earned or saved was a scale in her coat of armor.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin

What do you think I can do, when you land me in a strange country in the middle of the night, without a kopeck in my pocket?
The Boy Scouts In Russia|John Blaine

British Dictionary definitions for kopeck

kopeck

kopek or copeck

/ (ˈkəʊpɛk) /

noun

a monetary unit of Russia and Belarus worth one hundredth of a rouble: coins are still used as tokens for coin-operated machinery although the kopeck itself is virtually valueless

Word Origin for kopeck

Russian kopeika, from kopye lance; so called because of the representation of Tsar Ivan IV on the coin with a lance in his hand

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