copen

American  

[koh-puhn] / ˈkoʊ pən /

noun

1. Also called copen blue.  a medium blue color.

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adjective

1. Also copen-blue of the color copen.

Etymology

Origin of copen

First recorded in 1915–20; shortening of Copenhagen

Example Sentences

Sunburned misses, with wind-ravaged complexions, gazing at the picture of Myra, cool, slim, luscious-looking, saw themselves as they would fain be—and bought the Knollwood sweater depicted—in silk or wool—putty, maize, navy, rose, copen, or white—$35.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna

Which seeing, I gat me out of the doore, Where Flemynges began on me for to cry, 'Master, what will you copen or by?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various