Lexicographical Neighbors of Copperahs
Literary usage of Copperahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies by Charles Pridham (1849)
"Every variety of tropical produce is grown with success ; and copperahs, cordage,
and arrack are exported to the Coromandel coast. After crossing the river ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"A great number of canal boats ire constantly employed in conveying to the market
of Colombo copperahs, salt tish, fish roes, dried shrimps, ghee, ..."
3. A Voyage Round the World: Including an Embassy to Muscat and Siam, in 1835 by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1838)
"To the British colonies are exported arrack, coffee, areca-nuts, copperahs,
cocoanuts, hookah-shells, coir, ..."
4. Indian recollections by John Statham (1832)
"But really one did not expect to find the boys so neat, and their copperahs so
clean, nor to hear them read the Gospels so fluently. ..."
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