Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the bottom sheathed with copper, as a wooden ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having lower parts made of or covered by copper (especially of a ship or cookware).
- adjective UK, idiomatic Thoroughly reliable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper
Etymologies
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Examples
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Markets got the jitters on Monday after Standard & Poor's said, for the first time in 70 years of US bond watching, that it could soon cease to regard the sovereign IOUs of the world's sole superpower as copper-bottomed guarantees.
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Mr Darling said, "by doing this we can ensure that the Government's finances are returned to sufficient levels to ensure that our own copper-bottomed, gold-plated and mink-lined pension pots remain full".
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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It was the Glister, a smart little brig, almost a toy brig in fact, copper-bottomed, lines like a dolphin, a sea-cutter and a wind-eater.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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The Financial Services Authority has toughened up its rules in the wake of the credit crunch, which claimed high-risk lenders such as Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley, and is keen to make sure any new entrant is copper-bottomed.
Tesco plans to offer mortgages delayed by regulatory checks Julia Finch 2010
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Mr Darling said, "by doing this we can ensure that the Government's finances are returned to sufficient levels to ensure that our own copper-bottomed, gold-plated and mink-lined pension pots remain full".
Government to Introduce Retrospective Pension Law Dungeekin 2009
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She has led much of the recent research that has started to give some copper-bottomed scientific credibility to certain self-help techniques while casting doubt on others.
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It is a quirky, not exactly copper-bottomed investment case—if recycling major telecommunication networks became fashionable, it would after all push down the copper price.
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The copper-bottomed stainless steel pans I used for 30 years had to be replaced a year ago.
Food for Fort: Black pudding, misshapen loaves, heavy pans and ricotta substitutes 2010
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That's as may be; but you could also argue that it is our tendency to mix ingredients that is the copper-bottomed sign of conscious intelligence.
The Flavour Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook by Niki Segnit 2010
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Should global growth stall, Antofagasta's lack of diversity leaves the stock anything but copper-bottomed.
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