- present tense form of copper (3rd person singular).
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
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
“You want to say `I know all these coppers, I know all these things?’
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
And when they came, he ate them down greedily, pushing them into his mouth with his bamboo chopsticks, while the boy stood and spun the coppers between his black thumb and forefinger.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
