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English
Noun
'copter (plural 'copters)
- Alternative form of copter.
1956 September, Melvin Sturgis, “The Unprotected Species”, in Fantastic Universe, volume 6, number 2, section VII, page 60, column 1:We send out low-flying ’copters and track the neural waves from all animal life.
1959 December 6, “Wire-Guided French Missiles for Copters Deadly as Anti-Tank Weapons”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 8, number 15, Long Beach, Calif., page B-12, columns 2–3:Von Kann, director of Army aviation, said that low-flying ’copters obtained as many as 11 direct hits in 14 tries on tank targets 1,000 yards away.
1965 winter, M. I. Kovel, “ ’57”, in Assembly, volume XXIII, number 4, West Point, N.Y.: West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc., for the Association of Graduates, USMA, page 96, column 2:Jesse James is in Bien Hoa flying ’copters and his family is in Columbus, Ga.
1989 December, Final Environmental Impact/4(f) Statement: Davids Island Project, New Rochelle, New York, volume IV, United States Coast Guard, page 3-137:Heliport and frequent shuttle helicopters would invade the privacy of our homes with the roar of low-flying 'copters.
1998 July, Nintendo Official Magazine, number 70, page 102:You’ll also have to watch out for low flying ’copters and speeding bikes that try to kill you as you stomp your way to victory.
2000, Bill G. Cox, “Beauty Queen Was Killed for Her Red Caddy”, in David Jacobs, editor, Road Kill, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 123:The low-flying ’copters scanned fields and woods for the red Cadillac.
2016 May, Gerry Conway, Carnage, volume 1 (The One That Got Away), Marvel Entertainment, published 2022, →ISBN:--BUT I’VE ONLY RECENTLY RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY, AND MOST OF THAT’S BEEN FLYING ’COPTERS IN THE AFGHAN HILLS.