cooper

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Like his son, the cooper was a man of few words; but what he must have done at parting was to clap the boy on the shoulder, and say: "Now, go to it Joseph Joffre did.

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  1. noun One that makes or repairs wooden barrels and tubs.

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  • Then he approached the captain, saying, “Sir, the cooper is complaining that the big maul has gone a-missing Not again!” Captain Smith exclaimed, highly irritated. —  AHMM,July-August2008
  • I do like the new mini cooper, which is quite masculine for it's size, but far prefer the original 60's ones. —  Retro To Go Forums
  • No. 26 · anderson cooper is my future husband Robert B.: Yeah, that just wasn't fair. —  Queerty
  • I figure the mini-cooper is another option, but there's the cost issue again. —  Ask MetaFilter
  • This thing is nothing like the cooper, which is the reason BMW sells both. —  Autoblog
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  1. Middle English couper, from Middle Dutch kūper, from kūpe, basket, tub; see coop.

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  1. Early modern English also couper, cowper (hence the surnames Cooper and Cowper); = Middle Dutch kuyper, Dutch kuiper = Middle High German kuefer, German küfer, cooper, = Danish kyper = Swedish kypare, winecooper, cellarman (cf. Middle Latin cuparius, cooper); as coop (Middle Latin cupa, etc.) + -er.
  2. from cooper, n.
 

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