coop up
Example Sentences
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He dragged the lath coop up on the side.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Tolman, Albert Walter
"It would be a downright shame to coop up the children in a close school-room when they might be enjoying themselves in the bright sunshine," said Mr. Gale.
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances
From Berwick the king turned back triumphant to coop up his enemies in London while fresh Papal excommunications fell on the barons and the city.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
“Yes, Tom, and they’re having a taste of what it means to coop up fellow-creatures below hatches like cattle.”
From The Black Bar by M.L.P.
You're too valuable, though, to coop up in a penitentiary, and I'm going to buy you off.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
