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copataine
† copataine Obs. rare. App. the same as copintank, a high-crowned hat in the form of a sugar-loaf. (Fairholt spells it copotain: Scott has capotaine q.v., perh. only after Shakes.)1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. v. i. 69 Oh fine villaine, a silken doublet, a veluet hose, a scarlet cloake, and a copataine hat...
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copintank
† copintank, copentank, coptank Obs. Forms: see below. [A word of obscure origin and history, appearing also in the form copping- and copid tank, with the related adjs. coptanct and copple-tanked. Apparently the same word also occurs in Shakes. (1st fol.) as copataine. Nothing similar is known in Du...
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