Coppy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Coppy is an adjective meaning (informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
Meaning
(informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
More Meanings
- (UK, dialectal) A low stool.
- Alternative form of coppice.
- Obsolete form of copy.
Example Sentences
"You'll get pinched if you try to go in swimming there," Jack warned. "You needn't think there are more no cops because you're out of New York. They have real coppy cops out here."
But New England’s shut down, so is Colwick Wood: yes, it’s fair haunting to go through that coppy and see Colwick Wood standing there deserted among the trees, and bushes growing up all over the pit-head, and the lines red rusty. It’s like death itself, a dead colliery.
Word Forms
- coppies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cop-wise, coplike, coppish, policemanlike, policelike, officer-like.
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