- 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
“This isn’t the local coppers coming down, these are men in dark suits.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
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
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
The pot-shops would give you a fistful of coppers for a litter of pups, she'd heard, but she didn't like to think about that.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
