Word Finder - coppers

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A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

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The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

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Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.

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Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.

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(law enforcement) A police officer.

Today, however, he wasn't lifting anyone's coppers.

He ended up too sick to steal coppers.

The revolutionaries went about among the excited people with baskets, begging coppers for their destitute and miserable governor.

The process of soap-boiling is carried out in large iron boilers called " soap pans " or " coppers," some of which have capacity for a charge of 30 tons or more.

At Reims she and her elder sister, Sophia, afterwards known as Sarah, joined a troupe of Italian children who made their living by singing in the cafes, Sarah singing and Elizabeth, then only four years of age, collecting the coppers.

In 1830 they came to Paris, where they sang in the streets, Rachel giving such patriotic songs as the Parisienne and the Marseillaise with a rude but precocious energy which evoked special admiration and an abundant shower of coppers.

In an oxidizing atmosphere it is indifferent to silica, and therefore siliceous bricks containing a considerable proportion of ferric oxide, when used in flues of boilers, brewers' coppers, &c. and similar situations, are perfectly fire-resisting so long as the heated gas contains a large proportion of unconsumed air.

Turns out he's not a fan of Jake Arnott's book inspired by the football chant about him, He Kills Coppers.

The Coppers then suddenly grew 5 or 6 tracks of Bob Copper recorded in more recent times, accompanying himself on the English concertina.

But what I want to know, mister, is how the coppers know these things?

These joy riders can r... more Law Abider 28-6-2006 " Most of these coppers are adrenaline junkie morons.

He looked at the bright, yellow pieces and said, "What shall I do with these coppers, mother?"

A regular haunt for all the children to spend their coppers on sherbet dips and gobstoppers !

The warm coppers and deep browns you see in the blush aisle look best on those with olive and yellow skin (warm toned).

Blue-eyed girls can wear oranges, yellows, golds, and coppers for the same sort of contrast.

Commercial coppers sometimes owe their good qualities to this compensating influence.

He hadn't been able to steal enough coppers to replace even her boots and almost sighed.

The damn thing might as well had a sign on it, saying, hey, coppers, here I am!