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coop verb to sleep or relax while on duty US, 1962- When policemen sleep on duty in New York, they “coop”; when they sleep in Washington, they “huddle.” — New York Times, 15 February 1970
- As a rookie cop, Serpico was also introduced to the fine art of “cooping,” or sleeping on duty, a time-honored police practice that in other cites goes under such names as “huddling” and “going down.” — Peter Maas, Serpico, p. 63, 1973
- A big four cops–and two of them moonlight days driving cabs, so they spend half their shift cooping. — Vincent Patrick, The Pope of Greenwich Village, p. 37, 1977
- He suggested I sleep, I didn’t intend to do any cooping on that job, but all of a sudden I couldn’t keep my eyes open. — George Chesbro, Shadow of a Broken Man, p. 56, 1977
- He’s in there with the guy who takes your quarter, drinking. Cooping, they call it in the city, in New York. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 367, 1977
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