cop a sunny

[Mullins, Bill]

Johnson may have said "cop a Sunday", but I'm pretty sure it was "cop a
sunny", and that is also what the closed captioner transcribed.  Johnson
was a cowboy from Oklahoma before he got into the movies, so if it is a
regional variation, that would be where to look for it, I suppose.

>
> >From a documentary on Sam Peckinpah on the cable tonight, Ben Johnson
> >speaking:
> >
> >"Sam was always wanting to get into a fight, always wanting to cop a
> >sunny on someone."
>
> I take it this is simply a regional variation of "cop a
> Sunday" (HDAS: "to deliver a punch or blow, esp. without warning").
>
>