" copper "

 [ "copper" ]

1: The term Copper was the original, unshortened word, originally used in Britain to mean "someone who captures". (In British English the term Cop is recorded (Shorter Oxford Dictionary) in the sense of 'To Capture' from 1704, derived from the Latin 'Capere' via the Old French 'Caper'). The common myth is that it's a term referring to the police officer's buttons which are made of copper.

  * e.g.,  ... These bloddy coppers are everywhere in this town ! 

 [ "copper" ]

1: Term used by gangsters in the 20's and 30's for a police officer.

  * e.g.,  ... Meh, ya aint gonna get me copper, see. 

 [ "copper" ]

1: A slang term used for police officers.

  * e.g.,  ... goddamn yo, yesterday i got pulled over by the copper for driving without my headlights turned on 

 [ "copper" ]

2: see also pig,50

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3: the term "coppers" can be traced back tot he early 19th century in new york city when the first police force consisting of an 8 men unarmed patrol unit wore on their shirt an 8 point copper badge to distinguish themselves as officers of the law. as a result the general public started calling them coppers

 [ "copper" ]

1: (Mainly Brit.)

  * e.g.,  ... Oi Bob, you got any coppers, I need to buy a pack of crisps. 

 [ "copper" ]

2: A term used for spare or loose change.

 [ "copper" ]

1: term used for police officers in the 20's and 30's because of the copper buttons they used to have on their uniforms

  * e.g.,  ... Stop talkin like what copper. 

 [ "copper" ]

1: a cop, pig, policeman, etc, given to eating large amounts of donuts and harrassing speeders and citizens passing by. Restraurant owners put up with them due to fear of retribution; however they are avoided at all costs by others. The IQ of coppers is limited by law, because they must not realize just how stupid they are or they may quit.......and thus the world would turn to decadence ad infinitum......or would it??

  * e.g.,  ... The copper was so fat and stupid that I just doubled back on him and proceeded to drive home. 

 [ "copper" ]

1: copper: short for cop which refers to a police officer who enforces the law.

  * e.g.,  ... criminal getting away: "Hey copper what is a penny made out of?" 

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1: copper is an annoying dick head with a dick so small you need a magnifying glass to see it.

  * e.g.,  ... copper bought a dick extension. 

 [ "Coppering" ]

1: Collecting together money from your pockets, bag, around the house or down the back of the settee. Usually collected together to buy some small item like a pint of milk or a loaf of sliced bread. Therefore all the pennies and small change in copper will have an inordinate value. May be used as a slightly offensive word if you have a group of people pooling all their money to buy a cheap bottle of wine between them or some similar object of desire.

  * e.g.,  ... Peter Stringfellow (The king of strip clubs) said recently 'The worst customers we have in here are groups of women (hen parties). They are always coppering together to buy one male stripper between them'. 

 [ "copperitis" ]

1: a disease that makes it harder people to type correctly without making spelling mistakes

  * e.g.,  ... "did yuo see taht new movie taht camr out todat" "seeing your message it looks like you are suffering from copperitis"