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COPPER-BOTTOMED Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. having a copper coating on the bottom; a copper-bottomed pan. 2. British, informal : deserving to be trusted; a copper-bottomed guarantee : certain to ...
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COPPER-BOTTOMED definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
A copper-bottomed plan, deal, or investment can be trusted completely because it is safe and certain to succeed. having a base made of copper:.
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Copper sheathing - Wikipedia
Copper sheathing is a method for protecting the hull of a wooden vessel from attack by shipworm, barnacles and other marine growth
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copper-bottomed
copper-bottomeda copper-bottomed plan, agreement, or financial arrangement is completely safe. She has a copper-bottomed contract with a very successful company. (always before noun)
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COPPER-BOTTOMED definition in American English
If you describe something as copper-bottomed, you believe that it is certain to be successful. [British] The combination of sex and treachery proved a copper- ...
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copper-bottomed adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
copper-bottomed adjective /ˌkɒpə ˈbɒtəmd/ /ˌkɑːpər ˈbɑːtəmd/ (British English) that you can trust or rely on completely.
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copper-bottomed
ˈcopper-ˌbottomed, a. [parasynthetic comb. f. copper bottom.] Having the bottom covered or sheathed with copper. Also fig. thoroughly sound, genuine, authentic, trustworthy. Spec. of ships, as a protection against the destruction of the planks by the teredo, and the accumulation on the surface of sh...
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How 'copper bottomed' became a guarantee. | by Simon Cameron
The phrase comes from a British innovation in the late 18th Century to use copper sheathing on its navy. A decision that was prompted by its ...
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copper-bottomed - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
copper-bottomed means “reliable, trustworthy”, while copper-fastened means “secured, unambiguous”.
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[PDF] Copper bottomed
"Copper-bottomed" means "reliable," originating from 18th-century ships sheathed with copper to protect against marine organisms.
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copper-bottomed, adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective copper-bottomed is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for copper-bottomed is from 1795, in the Hull ...
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Copper-bottomed - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase
A thing that is copper-bottomed, whether it be an object or an idea, is genuine; trustworthy; unlikely to fail.
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Copper sheathing
From this stems the phrase "copper-bottomed" as an indication of quality,
Coppering was more commonly used on merchant ships sailing in warm waters. Other uses
The term copper-bottomed continues to be used to describe a venture, plan or investment that is safe and is certain to be successful.
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copper-bottomed
copper-bottomedadj (esp Brit) safe in every way; certain not to fail 绝对安全的; 万无一失的 a copper-bottomed guarantee, assurance, deal, etc 可靠的保证、 绝对的把握、 毫无风险的交易.
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HMS Bramble (1809)
Triton, of 278 tons (bm), and , was brand-new, copper-bottomed, and pierced for 10 guns, though she mounted only two.
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