Meanings
copland1
- obsoleteA piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
For th'surface of a soyle, a Copland, Copland cry , Till to your shouts the Hills with Ecchoes all reply.
1622, Michael Drayton, A Chorographicall Description of All the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain, page 64
copland2
- uncountableThe world of police officers and police activity.
Last he'd heard, Aoki was in line for a jump to Homicide, the Holy Grail in copland.
2010, C.B. Forrest, Slow Recoil2 more examples
When that thirteen alarm sounded, everything in copland stopped, all focus was on the radio for the coordinates.
2007, Randy Jurgensen, Robert Cea, Circle of Six: The True Story of New York's Most Notorious Cop Killer and the Cop who Risked Everything to Catch Him.The other had a face that Rodney Glass would never forget. Not since they'd been nose to nose in that interview room in copland.
2012, James Patterson, Kill Alex Cross, page 462
Copland3
Origin
copland · noun
Perhaps from obsolete cop (“summit, hilltop”) + land.
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