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noun

Cop n.

The top of a thing; the head; a crest. (Obs.) "Cop they used to call The tops of many hills."

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

(Mil. Arch.) Same as Merlon.

A policeman. (Slang)

Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.

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Etymology of 'Cop'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cop" Quotes from Famous Books

... mentioned. For the Home Team she had a snapshot of the Warren twins, for the competitor of the Herald, a telephone, and so on with eight other "hits" on town topics and characters. So many guffaws and squeals of laughter came from behind the curtain that they had to call in a "traffic cop" to keep the crowd ...

— School, Church, and Home Games • George O. Draper

... repeated Brandes. "I want a home and a wife—the kind that even a fly cop won't pinch on sight—the kind of little thing that's over there in that old shack. Whatever I am, I don't want a wife like ...

— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers

... done it good; and a cop opens and swears at me, but when he sees a Yankee soldier was locked in the wash-room by mistake, he lets ...

— The Flaming Jewel • Robert W. Chambers

... vary grandt, and—and rom also! Dees von rebresents Napoleon in hail. De modders show him de laigs and ahums of dair sons keeled in de vars, and invide him to drink a cop of bloodt. ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891 • Various

... went out. Outside, his expression changed. He said bitterly to the cop at the door: "I bet they ...

— The Ambulance Made Two Trips • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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