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cowper
/ˈkaʊpɚ/
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What does cowper mean?
proper noun
- A surname.
- An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) A cooper.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkaʊpɚ/
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.--Cowper.
As he approached, he recognized him as a Mormon named Cowper, to whom he had rendered services at different times.
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Earl Cowper followed on the same side, and compared the bill to the famous horse of the siege of Troy.
Cowper prided himself upon his business punctuality, though he confessed that he “never knew a poet, except himself, who was punctual in anything.”
Measuring time by poets, he may be said to have lent something of his fancy and amenity to most of the writers from Cowper to Rogers.