Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Work executed in copper, or the part of any structure wrought in copper.
- noun In candy-making, the copper kettles; pans, caldrons, and other vessels collectively in which syrups, pastes, conserves, etc., are boiled or otherwise treated in cooking candy.
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- noun Works made from
copper .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The owner has family connections to Santa Clara, and will do custom copperwork.
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The owner has family connections to Santa Clara, and will do custom copperwork.
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The president of the organization expressed an interest in having someone from Santa Clara or other traditional copperwork town come to Colorado and do a demonstration for the members.
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Santa Clara de Cobre, in Micheocan, is famous for copperwork, but I have not been there yet.
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"You needed six men to carry a bit of copperwork?"
Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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There is a rather ornate fender, with an elaborate copper scrollwork design, and his account was that he came down with all his weight upon this, in such a way that part of the copperwork pierced his throat.
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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