Meanings
nouncopper-nickel (countable and uncountable, plural copper-nickels)
plural copper-nickels
- countableuncountablecupronickel
Origin
- GermanKupfernickel
- Englishcopper-nickel
Calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of cupronickel and kupfernickel.
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copper-nickel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copper-nickel
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