Copper

A general designation for the stock of a copper. mining company.: Copper is also a slang expre ion for a reversed proceeding; for instance, if a speculator’receives advice to buy a stock and instead sells it short, he is said to have coppered the advice. The large 1-cent United States coin formerly i ued was called a copper.: Corn. In the United States corn means Indian corn or maize; in England it means wheat specifically or wheat, barley, rye and oats collectively.