coppy
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
coppy (comparative more coppy, superlative most coppy)
- (informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
- 1912, George Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts in a Motor Boat:
- "You'll get pinched if you try to go in swimming there," Jack warned. "You needn't think there are more no cops because you're out of New York. They have real coppy cops out here."
Etymology 2 edit
From a diminutive (with + -y) of Middle English *cop, found in Middle English copstole, copstule (“a kind of stool”).
Noun edit
coppy (plural coppies)
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English copy, a back-formation from copies, copyes, koppis (“coppice, copse”), mistaken as a plural.
Noun edit
coppy (plural coppies)
- Alternative form of coppice
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
coppy (plural coppies)