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

I gave it to her and she unwrapped it and put the third bun in and wrapped it and took up the coins and found two coppers in her apron and gave them to me.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner