copper

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That on the copper is a little different, but all are pretty -- so pretty that Her Majesty's loyal subjects prefer them to all other likenesses, even poor men feeling that they cannot have too many of them.

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  1. noun A ductile, malleable, reddish-brown metallic element that is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and is widely used for electrical wiring, water piping, and corrosion-resistant parts, either pure or in alloys such as brass and bronze. Atomic number 29; atomic weight 63.54; melting point 1,083°C; boiling point 2,595°C; specific gravity 8.96; valence 1, 2. See Table at element.
  2. noun A coin, usually of small denomination, made of copper or a copper alloy.
  3. noun Chiefly British A large cooking pot made of copper or often of iron.

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  • No wonder I never understood the macarena We tried to wake you when they legalized dangling  participles (the TV newscasters had been lobbying  hard for that one), but no dice copper-fastened Q: The Irish Times has been doing a fair bit of political reporting about the E.U. lately, and they seem to use the phrase copper-fastened quite frequently to indicate when something is finis; signed, sealed, and delivered; done. —  The Word Detective
  • That on the copper is a little different, but all are pretty—so pretty that Her Majesty's loyal subjects prefer them to all other likenesses, even poor men feeling that they cannot have too many of them CHAPTER XII. —  Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood And Womanhood
  • It's purely subjective, but I think the copper is the preferable finish. —  TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed
  • And thus, supposing that your copper is already part filled with the broth made from bones (all the grease having been removed from the surface), add any meat you may have, cut up in pieces of about four ounces weight, garnish plentifully with carrots, celery, onions, some thyme, and ground allspice, well-soaked split peas, barley, or rice; and, as the soup boils up, skim it well occasionally, season moderately with salt, and after about four hours' gentle and continuous boiling, the soup will be ready for distribution. —  A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
  • He was in search of copper, and taking a half dozen of the natives with him, and one of the teams, a load of copper ore was brought in The furnaces and smelters had been set up by the boys, previous to this, and within ten days a hundred pounds of copper were run into clay receptacles, to be used for the various purposes What do you suppose the Professor wants with so much copper?" —  The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
 

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  1. Middle English coper, from Old English, from Late Latin cuprum, from Latin Cyprium (aes), Cyprian (metal), from Cyprius, of Cyprus, from Greek Kuprios, from Kupros, Cyprus.
  2. From cop2.

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  1. Early modern English coper, from Middle English coper, from Anglo-Saxon coper, copor = Dutch koper = Middle Low German Low German kopper = Old High German chupfar, Middle High German G. kupfer = Icelandic koparr = Swedish koppar = Danish kobber = French cuivre = Spanish Portuguese cobre (later Arabic qobros), from Middle Latin cuper, Late Latin cuprum, copper, contr. of Latin cyprium, copper, usually Cyprium æs, i. e., Cyprian brass, from Greek Κν/πριος, Cyprian, from Κύπρος, Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean, whence the Romans got their best copper: see Cyprian. The Italian word is rame = Walloon arame = Spanish arambre, alambre = Portuguese arame = Pr. aram = French airain, properly, yellow copper, brass, from Late Latin æramen, copper, bronze, from Latin æs (ær-), copper, bronze: see æs. The Greek name was χαλκός: see chalcitis, etc.
  2. from copper, n.
 

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