noun General Slang

coppish

· noun · welsh

Welsh-English for the fly on a pair of trousers.

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The fly of a pair of trousers — the zip-or-button bit at the front. South Wales dialect word descended from 'codpiece'. Most often heard in the grand tradition of telling someone their coppish is undone.

“Mate — your coppish is open.”
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coppish In A Sentence

Mate — your coppish is open.

Origin & Usage

Derived from 'codpiece', the Tudor garment that covered the same anatomical territory. Used by Dylan Thomas in The Holy Six (1954): 'an open coppish'.

Variants coppice
Tags #welsh#wales#clothing#british#wenglish

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