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

Could the man seemingly most committed to rooting out bent coppers be the worst of them all?

From BBC • May 1, 2021

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2020

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

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2020

I crawled rapidly around the floor, picking up the coins, trying to avoid the coppers and to get greenbacks and the gold.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison