Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing copper; like or partaking of copper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper.
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- adjective Like
copper ;coppery .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Olde Saratoga Brewing Company IPA pours a clear, orange copperish color with a thumb-width white head.
New York Beer 2009
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The Olde Saratoga Brewing Company IPA pours a clear, orange copperish color with a thumb-width white head.
Olde Saratoga IPA 2009
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The Olde Saratoga Brewing Company IPA pours a clear, orange copperish color with a thumb-width white head.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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The Olde Saratoga Brewing Company IPA pours a clear, orange copperish color with a thumb-width white head.
Kevin Burns 2009
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Along with the press of certainty that they were not alone came a strong copperish smell.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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This man was naked, powerfully muscled and of a copperish red rather than brown.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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He looked again at the greenish-copperish engine of destruction in the corner and wondered when this would be.
The Financier 2004
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In the high hedges the ruddy cane of the willows was smothered by the succulent green tips of hawthorn and bramble; and on the rolling countryside that belle of trees, the larch, stood out among the copperish buds of the beeches and the first tightly folded leaves of the chestnuts, with a pale green feathery loveliness all its own.
The Way Home 2003
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Many of the cottonwoods had shed a large portion of their leaves, taking out much of the copperish reds, and quite a few aspens were still mostly green.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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He looked up briefly from the copperish bowl as she entered and sighed.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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