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not much cop en · ADJ

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Meanings

1. (UK, not-comparable, slang) Not very good; unimpressive.
   • 'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's Dads 1971, David Bowie, Kooks:
   • "I'm not much cop at the decorating lark, am I, Floss?" "Never mind, Dad." 2007, Jacqueline Wilson, Candyfloss:
   • This one-dimensionality makes Germinal a formidable national monument, but not much cop as a film. 1997, Jonathan Romney, Short Orders: Film Writing:
   • "Not much cop, this place, but I have to keep an eye out for my train. Now, what can I get you, miss?" 2003, Anna Jacobs, Our Lizzie:
   • Not much cop as gardens, but excellent cover for weary little birds. 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 157:

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