kopeck

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kopeck (plural kopecks)

  1. Alternative spelling of kopek

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka).

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kopeck m (plural kopecks)

  1. kopek
  2. (figuratively, chiefly in the negative) a wooden nickel or brass farthing, an iota
    Personne n’aurait misé un kopeck sur eux.Nobody would have bet a wooden nickel on them.

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