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Cooper

//ˈkupɚ// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper. countable

    "The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable
  3. 3
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename in the United States:; A small town in Washington County, Maine. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename in the United States:; A neighbourhood in south Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename in the United States:; A locality in West Milford township, Passaic County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Delta County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Cooper Township. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename in the United States:; A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename in the United States:; Ellipsis of Cooper County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs. countable, uncountable

    "They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs wordnet
  4. 4
    A drink of half stout and half porter. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make and repair barrels etc. archaic
  2. 2
    Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    make barrels and casks wordnet
  4. 4
    To forge or imitate (writing). obsolete, slang, transitive

    "[…] though, owing to his forged signatures having been too often detected, he was declared to be "a duffer at coopering a monekur.""

  5. 5
    To intentionally injure (a racehorse) to spoil its chances of winning. obsolete, slang, transitive

    "Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From coop + -er.

Etymology 2

From coop + -er.

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