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Meanings of coppery in English

Of something having the color of copper.

Related terms

Of, resembling, or containing copper.

Usage of coppery in English
1
Their wild, bold faces glow coppery-red in the light of the fire.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
2
A coppery moon hung like a ball of fire in the sky.
The Shadow of the East
3
In its deep washes it appears a greenish-black with a coppery cast.
Field's Chromatography / or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as ...
4
Another few minutes and I was surrounded by piles of coppery rubble.
The red pyramid
5
It was like the dull, red, coppery hue which presages a storm.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
6
Their skin is coppery brown, somewhat darker than that of the mulatto.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
7
It seemed to be made of some material with a coppery sheen.
The Neverending Story
8
On appearance, an elegant coppery colour with golden glints can be observed.
Jamaica Observer
9
Above her, the coppery cold earth pressed sizably, like a sulfur quilt.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
10
Their coppery skin glinted in the sun as if made of metal.
The red pyramid
11
In an instant the cellar was filled with its hot, coppery odor.
Salem’s Lot
12
The afternoon in the sun had turned it a dark, coppery color.
After midnight
13
Angus turned and looked at Raif, his coppery eyes flecked with green.
A Cavern of Black Ice
14
Melissa closed her eyes, trying to ignore the flame-bringer's coppery, panicked taste.
Blue noon
15
The coppery scent of blood hung thick in the humid, night air.
The accidental demon slayer
16
A coppery head bobbed and vanished like a doll in the window.
The Illustrated Man
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common