COPPER
ADJECTIVES
► AEROSE of the nature of copper or brass; coppery, brassy → 1702 obs.
► CUPREOUS resembling copper; copper coloured → 1804
► CUPROUS of the nature of copper; containing copper → 1669
NOUNS
► DIKE stolen copper or brass sold as scrap → 1980 US sl.
► VENUS in alchemy: copper → c1386 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
► TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships’ bottoms or from dockyard stores → 1892 nautical sl. (Bk.)
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