copper
/ˈkɑpəɹ/ noun C2- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a private detective or a security guard.
Plural coppers
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Especially with copper toes?
The Coppersmith is a bird who makes a noise exactly like the beating of a little hammer on a copper pot; and the reason he is always making it is because he is the town crier to every Indian garden, and tells all the news to everybody who cares to listen.
Caderousse, more and more astonished, went toward a large oaken cupboard, opened it, and gave the abbé a long purse of faded red silk, round which were two copper runners that had once been gilt.
“To Auteuil!” cried Bertuccio, whose copper complexion became livid—“I go to Auteuil?”
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