copper
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈkɑːpər/
- Archaic
:
penique
- "That'll be two coppers." "I'll pay three," Dunwin replied, dimly aware that dickering was expected.
- a copper coin
So that's for copper, but what about paper money that you know that that's not, you can't smoke it, you can't eat it.
- So that's for copper, but what about paper money that you know that that's not, you can't smoke it, you can't eat it.
Examples
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Peaches, six for two coppers.
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As payment, he offered the bookman six coppers and the hospitality of their pantry.
Fiction book (1993) -
Me cap would be glad of a copper or two
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You want to earn a copper?
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"Another, please," he said, setting more coppers on the table.
Fiction book (1997) -
The poor widow in the story "put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.
Blog text (29) -
I'm down to my last few coppers.
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I found a few old copper coins while digging in the garden.
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He stopped to collect the copper pennies that had fallen on the ground.
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In her pocket, she had a copper from the last time she visited the market.
Synonyms
950
1.0
A small coin worth one hundredth of a dollar
513
1.0
A small coin worth one of 100 parts of a pound or dollar
499
1.0
A flat round piece of metal used as money
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A bright blue salt used to kill fungus on plants and for simple lab work
- Specialized
A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted
- Specialized
A yellow shiny mineral that contains copper and iron and people mine it for copper
A sea fish with a copper-coloured body that lives near the Pacific coast of North America
- Specialized
A metal made mostly of copper mixed with other metals like tin or zinc
- Specialized
A sheet of copper fixed to a ship's bottom to stop barnacles and sea life
A small copper-colored butterfly that visits wildflowers in fields and gardens
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Copper (coin) is named after the metal copper because small coins and pennies were once made from that red-brown metal, so 'copper' came to mean a low-value coin like a penny.