kopeck
- noun
- /ˈkoʊpɛk/
- That'll be 15 kopecks.
- kopeck and ruble
- fifty kopecks
- two kopecks
Examples
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Not a kopeck less.
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Fortunately, he had a two-kopeck coin on him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Have you tried that with a kopeck?
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It's best with a kopeck.
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In that case, if nobody objects, I'm going to spend a kopeck.
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Five kopecks if you win.
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And three kopecks were his to keep.
Fiction book (2001) -
How far can we go together on three kopecks?
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In the spring of 1965, the Soviet authorities issued a postage stamp at a value of four kopecks in his honor.
Fiction book (1996) -
I found a coin worth five kopecks lying on the street.
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Etymology
The word kopeck comes from the Russian word kop'yo meaning 'spear' because old coins showed a horseman with a spear, so people called the small coin a 'little spear', and today a kopeck is one hundredth of a ruble.