2. Noun. (British) A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coper
1. a horse dealer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coper
Literary usage of Coper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1845)
"Pd the coper lace ... is to be payd iiij" Pd more the coper lace, the some of
vju iiij" In the name of god, Amen. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"ME coper. AS copor. — Late L. cuper, L. cuprum, a contraction ... underwood frequently
cut, brushwood, —OF coper :4F. couper), to cut.— OF cop (F. coup), ..."
3. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"... as that my author вала, That the/at wee with coper in tha dais. ... coper ..."
4. Oxford City Documents, Financial and Judicial, 1258-1665 by Oxford (England) (1891)
"coper, Thomas, servant (1524), 74. Copper, John, snb-collector (1524), 71.
— his three servants, 71. Copper, Ralph, servant (1524), 72. ..."
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