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Cop   /kɑp/   Listen
noun
Cop  n.  
1.
The top of a thing; the head; a crest. (Obs.) "Cop they used to call The tops of many hills."
2.
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
3.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
4.
(Mil. Arch.) Same as Merlon.
5.
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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"Cop" Quotes from Famous Books



... asked. Abe will sting you every time the clock ticks. Why don't yuh send to the Pacific Supply Company? They're real people. Got better stuff, and they'll treat you right whether you send or go yourself. Take it from me, bo, when you trade with Abe Smith you want a cop along." ...
— Skyrider • B. M. Bower
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... Hebrew said. "I vas standing on the street corner the other day and a cop came along and said to me, 'Holy Moses, are ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher
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... to something which looks unpleasantly like a feudal dungeon. The driver is now told to be somewhere at a certain time, and meanwhile to eat with the Head Cop, who may be found just around the corner—(I am doing, the translating for t-d)—and, oh yes, it seems that the Head Cop has particularly requested the pleasure of this distinguished American's ...
— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings
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... terror of radicals and the meal check of cynics. If you are run over on Market Street and left groaning under the mailed fist of a flivver, the Bolsheviki and I.W.W. will be watching the shop windows. It will be the Boob who will come to your aid, even before the cop gets there. ...
— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley
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... cop, too. Stop your whimpering and trot along. We're goin' to grandma's," and Tessie grabbed the arm of the trembling Dagmar as she started off with a determined step, indicating a ...
— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis
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