coppy

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English

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Etymology 1

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From cop +‎ -y.

Adjective

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coppy (comparative more coppy, superlative most coppy)

  1. (informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
    • 1912, George Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts in a Motor Boat:
      "You'll get pinched if you try to go in swimming there," Jack warned. "You needn't think there are more no cops because you're out of New York. They have real coppy cops out here."

Etymology 2

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From a diminutive (with +‎ -y) of Middle English *cop, found in Middle English copstole, copstule (a kind of stool).

Noun

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coppy (plural coppies)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A low stool.

Etymology 3

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From Middle English copy, a back-formation from copies, copyes, koppis (coppice, copse), mistaken as a plural.

Noun

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coppy (plural coppies)

  1. Alternative form of coppice

Etymology 4

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Noun

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coppy (plural coppies)

  1. Obsolete form of copy.