Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small hill.
  • noun In Holland, the name given to the liter when used as a dry measure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun South Africa Hill; mountain.

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Examples

  • The enemy had reached the top of the "kop" on the evening of the second day of the fight, not, however, without having sustained considerable losses.

    My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892

  • But if the Reb didn't realize that saying nasty things about gay people in New York City -- especially in the wake of a gay student's jump off the GW and an attack on some young gay men that sure sounds like a hate crime -- is not good strategy for a candidate already known for a distinct lack of polish, then Levin committed what even less devout Jews call a goyische kop.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • But if the Reb didn't realize that saying nasty things about gay people in New York City -- especially in the wake of a gay student's jump off the GW and an attack on some young gay men that sure sounds like a hate crime -- is not good strategy for a candidate already known for a distinct lack of polish, then Levin committed what even less devout Jews call a goyische kop.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • Pingback: Protesten Braziliaanse universiteit hard de kop ingedrukt - Sargasso

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: The country’s largest university becomes a battlefield 2009

  • The Archbishop didn't show, no goyishche kop he, and here's where the story gets odd.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • The Archbishop didn't show, no goyishche kop he, and here's where the story gets odd.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • But if the Reb didn't realize that saying nasty things about gay people in New York City -- especially in the wake of a gay student's jump off the GW and an attack on some young gay men that sure sounds like a hate crime -- is not good strategy for a candidate already known for a distinct lack of polish, then Levin committed what even less devout Jews call a goyische kop.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • But if the Reb didn't realize that saying nasty things about gay people in New York City -- especially in the wake of a gay student's jump off the GW and an attack on some young gay men that sure sounds like a hate crime -- is not good strategy for a candidate already known for a distinct lack of polish, then Levin committed what even less devout Jews call a goyische kop.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • The Archbishop didn't show, no goyishche kop he, and here's where the story gets odd.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

  • The Archbishop didn't show, no goyishche kop he, and here's where the story gets odd.

    Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010

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