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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: coppers #106710 06/30/2003 10:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 "Copper, as slang for policeman, derives from the verb to cop, which dates from 1704 and means to catch." http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorc.htm#cop I'm standing by my first statement until it is demonstrated to be incorrect. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted coppers wow 06/30/2003 12:29 PM Re: coppers jmh 06/30/2003 5:25 PM Re: cop wow 06/30/2003 6:10 PM Re: cop tsuwm 06/30/2003 6:25 PM Re: cop Faldage 06/30/2003 7:00 PM Re: coppers jmh 06/30/2003 10:21 PM Re: coppers Faldage 07/01/2003 11:46 AM Re: coppers Capfka 07/01/2003 8:43 PM Re: coppers wow 07/01/2003 9:35 PM Re: feeling a cop maverick 07/01/2003 9:45 PM Re: coppers of troy 07/02/2003 1:09 AM Re: coppers sjm 07/02/2003 1:12 AM Re: coppers of troy 07/02/2003 1:22 AM Re: coppers sjm 07/02/2003 1:28 AM Re: coppers of troy 07/02/2003 1:39 AM Re: sex v. gender Faldage 07/02/2003 10:49 AM Re: sex v. gender Capfka 07/02/2003 6:57 PM Re: gender blender maverick 07/02/2003 10:22 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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