- present tense form of copper (3rd person singular).
coppers
Example Sentences
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Her odyssey also takes her to Falster, an island at the bottom of the country, where she finds “a cluster of sooty coppers on a few glossy yellow flowers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
There do exist bent coppers as the saying goes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
The question is, whether this would make up for the money lost if there were no coppers to donate?
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2018
“I wish it! Who would not wish it? But I cannot pay the fee. Gebu takes the coppers I earn at stonecutting, and I have nothing else.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
