coppers

Example Sentences

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In a nod to modernity, the buckets possessed a QR code on the outside - for digital donations - as well as coppers and some notes on the inside.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

“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

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2020

The dull green antique coppers spilled from out the tills of their eyesockets onto the stained and rotted coffin floors.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy