noun
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A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
definition
A drink of half stout and half porter.
verb
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To make and repair barrels etc.
noun
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A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.
Examples of coopers in a Sentence
Vikings etc do it in the movies all the time - they must have had very active coopers!
Coopers Hill is famous for it's cheese rolling.
With that story set up, we learn that the grand thieves the Coopers (Sly's family) had a vault where all their treasures were hidden.
Then take the tour and visit the gallery where you can actually see the coopers at their work.
First on at Coopers Field is get loaded in the Park on Saturday 26 August.
Coopers Hill is famous for it 's cheese rolling.
It has small leaves and fibrous bark, the wood is light, soft and easily-worked, and very durable in contact with the soil, and is much used for boat-building and for making fences and coopers' staves.
Until recently, all draft beers were delivered to pubs in oak casks, and each brewery employed coopers to make and repair them.
Research by accountants Price Waterhouse Coopers has revealed that Scottish companies need to devote more resources to training.
In 1757 whaling was the only livelihood of the people of Nantucket; and in 1750-1775, although whaling fleets were in repeated danger from French and Spanish privateers, the business, with the allied coopers and other trades, steadily increased.
The wood of the aspen is very light and soft, though tough; it is employed by coopers, chiefly for pails and herring-casks; it is also made into butchers' trays, pack-saddles, and various articles for which its lightness recommends it; sabots are also made of it in France, and in medieval days it was valued for arrows, especially for those used in target practice; the bark is used for tanning in northern countries; cattle and deer browse greedily on the young shoots and abundant suckers.