Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lever on the upper part of a loom, used to lift the harness.
- n. One who buys and sells; a dealer: as, a horse-couper.
Examples
“A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper (ouch!)”
“A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper ouch!”
“- Jean-Philippe, on ne peut pas continuer à se couper de tout le monde comme ça …”
“Terms & Expressions: être dans le brouillard = to be in the dark (unaware) brouillard "à couper au couteau" (fog "to cut with a knife") = peasouper (or very thick fog)”
“Garber had previously let on that he thought the Ottawa bid was "à couper le souffle" literally - take your breath away, and will be visiting again shortly, so I wouldn't write it off entirely.”
“Les autorités pénitentiaires ont fait couper l'eau, et à la différence de ses co détenus, il ne peut sortir pour se laver ailleurs.”
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“My father, rest his saul, was a horse-couper, and used to say he never was cheated in a naig in his life, saving by a west-country whig frae”
“Un baiser est un tour délicieux conçu par la nature pour couper la parole quand les mots deviennent superflus.”
“Une japonaise avec son accent a couper au couteau reconnait meme "B" la ou d'autre me prenne pour un "L mort vivant" ...”
“My last run-in with childbirth in France, two years prior—for the birth of Max, in Marseilles—had the doctor arriving just in time to couper le cordon.”
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hernesheir This old term for a dealer or seller has lent its name to the English occupational surname Couper. May 10, 2011