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not much cop

not much cop adjective: not very good; unimpressive.

Adjective

not much cop (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) Not very good; unimpressive.
    • 'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's Dads1971, David Bowie, Kooks
    • Not much cop as gardens, but excellent cover for weary little birds.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 157

Examples of not much cop in a sentence

  • 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.2003, Anna Jacobs, Our Lizzie:
  • "I'm not much cop at the decorating lark, am I, Floss?" "Never mind, Dad."2007, Jacqueline Wilson, Candyfloss:

Questions about not much cop

What does not much cop mean?
Not much cop means not very good; unimpressive.
How do you use not much cop in a sentence?
This one-dimensionality makes Germinal a formidable national monument, but not much cop as a film.
What part of speech is not much cop?
Not much cop is an adjective.

Words near not much cop in the dictionary

  1. not long for this world
  2. not look a day over
  3. not make any bones about
  4. not much
  5. not much chop
  6. not much cop
  7. not much of anything
  8. not much to look at
  9. not my Nigel
  10. not necessarily
  11. not of

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