Cooper
['kuːpə] or ['kupɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs.
(noun.) United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851).
(noun.) United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961).
(noun.) United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883).
(verb.) make barrels and casks.
Editor: Woodrow--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.
(v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.
(n.) Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.
Typed by Camilla
Definition
n. a floating grog-shop.—v.i. to supply fishing-boats at sea with liquor.
Edited by Dorothy
Examples
- Commend me to Fennimore Cooper to find beauty in the Indians, and to Grimes to find it in the Arabs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the building of the Cooper Institute in New York City in 1857 he was the first to employ such beams with brick arches to support the floors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Van der Weyde, a well-known physicist in his day, and was exhibited by him before a technical audience at Cooper Union, New York, in 1868, and described shortly after in the technical press. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, said to Robert Stephenson, when the latter called to see him about a new road, Your scheme is preposterous in the extreme. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Peter Cooper in the same year constructed a locomotive for short curves, for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Introduction of Iron Floor Beams in building Cooper Institute. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cope and Cooper of Pennsylvania obtained a patent in 1826, and Manning obtained one in 1831. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Because the coopers were starting up the hill to inquire. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Which makes it more surprising in my son, said the old man, for he was not brought up to the Law, but to the Wine-Coopering. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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