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Definition of Cooped
1. coop [v] - See also: coop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooped
Literary usage of Cooped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... when being cooped up to fatten on salt provisions and peas, he has had the
mortification to reflect that his troops never once sallied out on a ..."
2. Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1845)
"cooped UP IN FORT GEORGE ALL SUMMER.—GENERAL WILKINSON TAKES COMMAND THERE IN
SEPTEMBER.—STATE AND NUMBER OF THE FORCES AT SACKETT'S HARBOUR, ..."
3. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"There is a capital drive leading to it, of about two miles, which seems the only
one which the citizens possess for taking the air, so entirely cooped up is ..."
4. The Life and Times of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, Or Red-Jacket by William Leete Stone (1866)
"It is because the Sene- cas are known as the proprietors of a broad domain, while
the Oneidas are cooped up in a narrow space. In his rejoinder Mr. Morris ..."
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