Couper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkaʊpə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Couper is a noun meaning (UK, obsolete) A dealer in horses or other livestock.
Meaning
(UK, obsolete) A dealer in horses or other livestock.
Example Sentences
John Henderson, a cow couper in Swinton, Berwickshire, towards the close of the last century, was very fond of a dram.
I think the Yorkshire story of the farmer who sold his old horse to a couper at a fair, then got very drunk on his good bargain, and bought him back at the end of the day with painted legs and filed teeth as a young horse, might have a kindred story among Daffodil-bulb buyers.
Word Forms
- coupers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coupee, cupper, coyer, capper, coumaric, courser.
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