单词 | copering |
释义 | coperingcooperingn. The trading of the ‘copers’ in the North Sea: see coper n.2 Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > liquor tippling1531 vintnership1672 vintnery1837 copering1882 off-sale1899 1882 Standard 28 Dec. 5/3 What is known as ‘coopering’ [should be] altogether prohibited. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 19 Dec. 4/1 The floating grog-shops in the coopering trade are the curse of the North Sea. 1887 E. J. Mather Nor'ard of Dogger (1889) iii. 35 They wouldn't insure the vessel any longer unless she gave up the coperin'. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1882 |
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