- present tense form of copper (3rd person singular).
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
He eats, he sleeps in a house he made himself, he has coppers in his sash.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
