"coppy" meaning in English

See coppy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more coppy [comparative], most coppy [superlative]
Etymology: From cop + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cop|-y|id2=adjectival}} cop + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} coppy (comparative more coppy, superlative most coppy)
  1. (informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-coppy-en-adj-y3lWBxqu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: coppies [plural]
Etymology: From a diminutive (with + -y) of Middle English *cop, found in Middle English copstole, copstule (“a kind of stool”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en||y|id2=diminutive}} + -y, {{inh|en|enm|*cop}} Middle English *cop, {{cog|enm|copstole}} Middle English copstole Head templates: {{en-noun}} coppy (plural coppies)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A low stool. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-coppy-en-noun-uZ6rQ-BZ Categories (other): British English, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: coppies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English copy, a back-formation from copies, copyes, koppis (“coppice, copse”), mistaken as a plural. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|copy}} Middle English copy Head templates: {{en-noun}} coppy (plural coppies)
  1. Alternative form of coppice Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: coppice
    Sense id: en-coppy-en-noun-s5kpydrJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: coppies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coppy (plural coppies)
  1. Obsolete form of copy. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: copy
    Sense id: en-coppy-en-noun-kxmLLhi9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 15 14 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 6 16 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 5 8 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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