coppers

Example Sentences

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Mette, who has been with the department for 18 years, told "young coppers" they have a "long way to go."

From Fox News • Oct. 21, 2021

“You want to say `I know all these coppers, I know all these things?’

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2020

There do exist bent coppers as the saying goes.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018

It conjures up the image of people throwing their smartphones, rather than coppers, into a fountain for good luck - although Downing Street has backed away from a plan to scrap copper coins.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2018

I gave it to her and she unwrapped it and put the third bun in and wrapped it and took up the coins and found two coppers in her apron and gave them to me.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner