"'copter" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "'copters",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "copter"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 September, Melvin Sturgis, “The Unprotected Species”, in Fantastic Universe, volume 6, number 2, section VII, page 60, column 1",
          "text": "We send out low-flying ’copters and track the neural waves from all animal life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 December 6, “Wire-Guided French Missiles for Copters Deadly as Anti-Tank Weapons”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 8, number 15, Long Beach, Calif., page B-12, columns 2–3",
          "text": "Von Kann, director of Army aviation, said that low-flying ’copters obtained as many as 11 direct hits in 14 tries on tank targets 1,000 yards away.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965 winter, M. I. Kovel, “[Report …from the classes] ’57”, in Assembly, volume XXIII, number 4, West Point, N.Y.: West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc., for the Association of Graduates, USMA, page 96, column 2",
          "text": "Jesse James is in Bien Hoa flying ’copters and his family is in Columbus, Ga.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989 December, Final Environmental Impact/4(f) Statement: Davids Island Project, New Rochelle, New York, volume IV, United States Coast Guard, page 3-137",
          "text": "Heliport and frequent shuttle helicopters would invade the privacy of our homes with the roar of low-flying 'copters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 July, Nintendo Official Magazine, number 70, page 102",
          "text": "You’ll also have to watch out for low flying ’copters and speeding bikes that try to kill you as you stomp your way to victory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Bill G. Cox, “Beauty Queen Was Killed for Her Red Caddy”, in David Jacobs, editor, Road Kill, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 123",
          "text": "The low-flying ’copters scanned fields and woods for the red Cadillac.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 May, Gerry Conway, Carnage, volume 1 (The One That Got Away), Marvel Entertainment, published 2022",
          "text": "--BUT I’VE ONLY RECENTLY RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY, AND MOST OF THAT’S BEEN FLYING ’COPTERS IN THE AFGHAN HILLS.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of copter."
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  "word": "'copter"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "'copters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "copter"
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        "English countable nouns",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 September, Melvin Sturgis, “The Unprotected Species”, in Fantastic Universe, volume 6, number 2, section VII, page 60, column 1",
          "text": "We send out low-flying ’copters and track the neural waves from all animal life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 December 6, “Wire-Guided French Missiles for Copters Deadly as Anti-Tank Weapons”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 8, number 15, Long Beach, Calif., page B-12, columns 2–3",
          "text": "Von Kann, director of Army aviation, said that low-flying ’copters obtained as many as 11 direct hits in 14 tries on tank targets 1,000 yards away.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965 winter, M. I. Kovel, “[Report …from the classes] ’57”, in Assembly, volume XXIII, number 4, West Point, N.Y.: West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc., for the Association of Graduates, USMA, page 96, column 2",
          "text": "Jesse James is in Bien Hoa flying ’copters and his family is in Columbus, Ga.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989 December, Final Environmental Impact/4(f) Statement: Davids Island Project, New Rochelle, New York, volume IV, United States Coast Guard, page 3-137",
          "text": "Heliport and frequent shuttle helicopters would invade the privacy of our homes with the roar of low-flying 'copters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 July, Nintendo Official Magazine, number 70, page 102",
          "text": "You’ll also have to watch out for low flying ’copters and speeding bikes that try to kill you as you stomp your way to victory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Bill G. Cox, “Beauty Queen Was Killed for Her Red Caddy”, in David Jacobs, editor, Road Kill, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 123",
          "text": "The low-flying ’copters scanned fields and woods for the red Cadillac.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 May, Gerry Conway, Carnage, volume 1 (The One That Got Away), Marvel Entertainment, published 2022",
          "text": "--BUT I’VE ONLY RECENTLY RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY, AND MOST OF THAT’S BEEN FLYING ’COPTERS IN THE AFGHAN HILLS.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of copter."
      ],
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