'cop' senses not in OED

Lynne Murphy m.l.murphy at SUSSEX.AC.UK
Sun Mar 11 15:23:02 UTC 2007


--On Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:21 am -0800 Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> HDAS 1 - the editor-approved supplement to the OED - has 'em and more.


In that case, it'd be nice if HDAS came with one's on-line subscription to
OED.  :)

Of course, it would be nice if the on-line OED came with a bottomless cup
of coffee too.  Must try not to get carried away on this train of thought...

Lynne


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