koppie
- a variation of kopje.
Example Sentences
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The cell phone footage from the koppie, aired on Britain's Channel 4 television, shows a police officer lying on the ground behind a rock with his pistol drawn.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2013
It is 16:13, and he might have been escaping from the cauldron of death that was the innermost circle of the weathered jumble of granite that was the remains of the koppie.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2013
The cellphone footage from the koppie, aired on Britain's Channel 4 television late on Monday, shows a police officer lying on the ground behind a rock with his pistol drawn.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2013
A few yards farther on they emerged from this tunnel-like roadway and found themselves travelling along the northern face of the koppie.
From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider
When we reached the koppie, the base of which covers about half an acre of ground, the soldiers who had been trying to cut us off halted, for they knew the strength of the position.
From Maiwa's Revenge by Haggard, Henry Rider
