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  • noun Plural form of kopek.

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Examples

  • And you must know that when a man complains about everything, and cries out and groans, — he is not worth more than two kopeks, he is not worthy of pity, and will be no use to you if you do help him.

    Fomá Gordyéeff 2010

  • He had thirteen kopeks for his fare and a glass of water with syrup to see him through until the last streetcar carried him home.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • After repeating the process at the other two counters you then shuffled to the line for the cashier, where, for the twenty minutes you awaited your turn, you repeated the mantra of your purchase: “two rubles, seventy-three kopeks to department number one; one ruble, twenty-eight kopeks to department number three; two rubles, five kopeks to department number four.”

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • The German Army built this prison facility as a propaganda camp for Ukrainian prisoners of war in preparation for the post-war occupation of the Ukraine (note the price of the newspaper is in kopeks).

    Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

  • After repeating the process at the other two counters you then shuffled to the line for the cashier, where, for the twenty minutes you awaited your turn, you repeated the mantra of your purchase: “two rubles, seventy-three kopeks to department number one; one ruble, twenty-eight kopeks to department number three; two rubles, five kopeks to department number four.”

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • VTB shares fell 1.4% to 7.95 kopeks on the Micex Stock Exchange.

    VTB Posts Sixth Quarterly Loss; Outlook Brightens William Mauldin 2010

  • VTB shares fell 1.4% to 7.95 kopeks on the Micex Stock Exchange.

    VTB Posts Sixth Quarterly Loss; Outlook Brightens William Mauldin 2010

  • I cannot bring myself to ask for money, even for three kopeks, so I shake my head and say good-bye.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • VTB shares fell 1.4% to 7.95 kopeks on the Micex Stock Exchange.

    VTB Posts Sixth Quarterly Loss; Outlook Brightens William Mauldin 2010

  • I find a dairy, two bus stops away, and although it is usually out of milk by noon, it sells delicious, raisin-studded ice cream packed into a waffle cone by a big morose woman, nine kopeks for as much as she decides to scoop in.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

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