Coppers - Thick Dictionary

Coppers

quick, it's the coppers!

By Amaleta

Copper

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.

These bloddy coppers are everywhere in this town !

By Teresita

Coppering

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.

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'.

By Gretal

Copper

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

Meh, ya aint gonna get me copper, see.

By Genevra

Copper

A slang term used for police officers.
see also pig,50
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

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

By Fidela

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By Carmela

Copper

(Mainly Brit.)

A term used for spare or loose change.

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

By Anthea

Copper

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

Stop talkin like what copper.

By Meade

Copper

1. A slang term used by gangsters in the 1920s/1930s to describe police officers

2. A metal used in coins, wires and pipes

3. a colour

4. A hair colour closely related to gingers

5. Slang for coins.

1. That copper will never catch us. He just eats doughnuts.

2. Science Teacher: Copper is a good conductor...

3. Should this ground be painted in light copper or deep brown?

4. Kid: Your hair looks different. Its gone darker into a copper colour.

5. Hey mate do a have a few coppers on ya?

By Suzette

Coppers

Another name for Police Officers. The name "copper" comes from the copper badges that police used to wear back in the day.

I saw three coppers chillin on I-5.

By Bel

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