horse-coperhorse-coupern.

/ˈhɔːsˌkəʊpə/

/ˈhɔːsˌkaʊpə/

Forms: Also 1600s -cooper, 1700s -koper, 1800s dialect -cowper.

Etymology: < horse n. + coper n.¹, couper n. Practically, horse-couper is treated as a northern variant of horse-coper.

A horse-dealer.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses

romonger1222

horse-mongera1400

cosser14..

corser?c1430

horse-corser1552

jockey1640

horse-coper1681

horse-jockey1744

horse-dealer1761

macquignon1798

horse-trader1811

coper1825

horse-cadger1886

α.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 25 Some turnd Horse-Coopers, some pedlers.

1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. iii. 118 There were not less than an hundred Jockies and Horse-Kopers, as they call them there [i.e. at Penkridge, Staffs.] from London, to buy Horses for Sale.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 139 There were Horsecopers amongst them.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 4/2 Horse-copers..are singularly at one with respect to stolen nags.

β. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Horsecourser The word now used in Scotland is horsecouper, to denote a jockey, seller, or rather changer of horses.1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvi. 245 I was bred a horse-couper, sir. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 302 Newcastle horse-cowpers, who laid their money thick.1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xiii Moping at the taverns..with horse-coupers and idle company.

Derivatives

ˈhorse-coping n. and adj. (also horse-couping) horse-dealing.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in horses

horse tradec1760

horse-jockeying1783

horse-trading1826

horse-chanting1841

horse-coping1841

coping1864

society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [adjective] > trading in horses

horse-coping1841

1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 7 The mysteries of horse-couping, horse-chanting.

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough ii The stables of a certain horse-coping worthy.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 4/2 Three horses..carried south by a horse-coping gang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

b. Often in combinations, as horse-coper, herring coper, salmon-coper, †silver-coper (-cooper, -couper). See these words.

ΚΠ

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 139 There were Horsecopers amongst them.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 28 One Cordus..had been trepanned into the West India Company's Service by the crimps or silver-coopers as a common soldier.

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. 160 The fisheries are chiefly rented by Salmon Coopers in Berwick.

1891 C. Bradley in Outdoor Games & Recr. xxii. 357 That old rascal Screwdriver, the pony coper.

单词	horse-coper
释义	horse-coperhorse-coupern. /ˈhɔːsˌkəʊpə/ /ˈhɔːsˌkaʊpə/ Forms: Also 1600s -cooper, 1700s -koper, 1800s dialect -cowper. Etymology: < horse n. + coper n.¹, couper n. Practically, horse-couper is treated as a northern variant of horse-coper. A horse-dealer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses romonger1222 horse-mongera1400 cosser14.. corser?c1430 horse-corser1552 jockey1640 horse-coper1681 horse-jockey1744 horse-dealer1761 macquignon1798 horse-trader1811 coper1825 horse-cadger1886 α. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 25 Some turnd Horse-Coopers, some pedlers. 1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. iii. 118 There were not less than an hundred Jockies and Horse-Kopers, as they call them there [i.e. at Penkridge, Staffs.] from London, to buy Horses for Sale. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 139 There were Horsecopers amongst them. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 4/2 Horse-copers..are singularly at one with respect to stolen nags. β. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Horsecourser The word now used in Scotland is horsecouper, to denote a jockey, seller, or rather changer of horses.1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvi. 245 I was bred a horse-couper, sir. View more context for this quotation1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 302 Newcastle horse-cowpers, who laid their money thick.1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xiii Moping at the taverns..with horse-coupers and idle company. Derivatives ˈhorse-coping n. and adj. (also horse-couping) horse-dealing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in horses horse tradec1760 horse-jockeying1783 horse-trading1826 horse-chanting1841 horse-coping1841 coping1864 society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [adjective] > trading in horses horse-coping1841 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 7 The mysteries of horse-couping, horse-chanting. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough ii The stables of a certain horse-coping worthy. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 4/2 Three horses..carried south by a horse-coping gang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas horse-coper b. Often in combinations, as horse-coper, herring coper, salmon-coper, †silver-coper (-cooper, -couper). See these words. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 139 There were Horsecopers amongst them. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 28 One Cordus..had been trepanned into the West India Company's Service by the crimps or silver-coopers as a common soldier. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. 160 The fisheries are chiefly rented by Salmon Coopers in Berwick. 1891 C. Bradley in Outdoor Games & Recr. xxii. 357 That old rascal Screwdriver, the pony coper. extracted from copern.¹ < n.1681 as lemmas
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horse-coperhorse-coupern.

Derivatives

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