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[ kop-uh-ree ] / ˈkɒp ə ri /
adjectiveof, resembling, or containing copper. being reddish-brown in color; copper-colored. Origin of copperyFirst recorded in 1785–95; copper1 + -y1 Words nearby copperycopper spot, copper sulfate, copper-sulfate method, copper sulphate, coppertone, coppery, coppice, copping, Coppola, copr-, copra Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for copperyHer finely penciled lips are a coppery brown, playing off her salmon-colored suit and her reddish hair. Shirley MacLaine on ‘Bernie,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ and Her Lifetime Achievments|Lorenza Muñoz|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST They looked like maps of an archipelago, their natural pink-white hue splotched with huge, coppery splats. Spray-Tan Horror Stories|Anneli Rufus|July 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST Zemeckis, a former Cinemax—or, to be precise, Skinemax—mainstay, has Rita Hayworth cheekbones and wavy, coppery hair. A Hollywood Wife's Sexy Alter-Ego|Nicole LaPorte|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST Our boys in turn taught their coppery friends some civilized games. Cattle-Ranch to College|Russell Doubleday
The upper part is of a coppery bronze colour, a band of buff crossing the lower end of the back. The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston Glorious Susies turbulent mane was red, and it made a rumpled, coppery bunch in her neck. Out of the Air|Inez Haynes Irwin The two coppery maids had followed by rail the flight of their mistresses. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez The face of every Indian was in sight, and he studied the expression of each broad, coppery countenance. Camp-fire and Wigwam|Edward Sylvester Ellis
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