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copper n Cp OED ~ sb1 11: copper-fastened 'fastened with
copper bolts to prevent corrosion'; Dial Notes v (1923), 239 copper-toes boots;
EDD sb1 (4): ~ -topt 'red-haired.'
Comb
copper-fasten v: to nail down or secure; to reach a clear and firm understanding
or agreement without loop-holes or ambiguity.
1962 Nfld
Fisheries Conf 54 We'd asked him a few questions to clarify it and copper fasten it.
M 70-21 A deal completed, one you were very sure of, was considered to be
copper-fastened, a reminder of the days when wooden ships were sheeted in copper. 1974
Evening Telegram 23 Apr, p. 3 In some areas, there seem to have been some
wildcatters sprung up to throw a monkey wrench into the works the good old mercantile
boys had so long established and copper-fastened.
copperhead: small biting fly with a metallic sheen.
P 148-76 Fishing includes long, tiring hikes ... and the torment
from insects, since mosquitoes, black flies, wasps and copperheads swarm around the
river.
copper-nose(d): of boy's boots, strengthened with
copper at the toe.T 141/66-652 You'd have a pair for Sundays—they was
copper-nosed, you see. There was a strip of copper put in there somehow in the tap. And
after you had 'em beat about, he was so shiny. 1976 Daily News 15 Mar, p. 4 [Do
you remember when] a young man owned a pair of copper nose boots?
coppertop: person with red hair; cp FOXY.
P 53-62 Mind your coppertops! An exclamation used to warn someone
to get out of the way, e.g. working in the hold of a ship. P 134-81 [Of several children]
Look at the coppertops—except for the little one.
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