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kopeck

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ko·pek or ko·peck also co·peck  (kpk)
n.
See Table at currency.
[Russian kopeka, from Middle Russian kopeika, from kopie, spear (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).]
kopeck
Noun
a former Russian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a rouble [Russian kopeika]
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Noun1.kopeckkopeck - 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
copeck, kopek
Russian monetary unit - monetary unit in Russia
rouble, ruble - the basic unit of money in Russia


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She was looking so ill, and I felt so sorry for her, that I gave her twenty kopecks.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
When the Tatar appeared with a bill for twenty-six roubles and odd kopecks, besides a tip for himself, Levin, who would another time have been horrified, like any one from the country, at his share of fourteen roubles, did not notice it, paid, and set off homewards to dress and go to the Shtcherbatskys' there to decide his fate.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Another time I followed him to his flat, and for ten kopecks learned from the porter where he lived, on which storey, whether he lived alone or with others, and so on--in fact, everything one could learn from a porter.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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