copper
/ˈkɑpəɹ/ verb C2- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- To give copper coins to (someone); to pay.
- In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- To bet against (something).
He/she/it coppers · Past coppered · Past participle coppered · -ing form coppering
Verb forms
- Base form
- copper
- He/she/it
- coppers
- Past
- coppered
- Past participle
- coppered
- -ing form
- coppering
From the library
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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