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kop

(kɒp)

(Physical Geography) a prominent isolated hill or mountain in southern Africa. See inselberg

[from Afrikaans: head, hence high part; compare German Kopf head; see cop²]

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Battle after battle, Magersfontein, Colenso, Spion Kop, lost on the playing fields of Eton, had humiliated the nation and dealt the death-blow to the prestige of the aristocracy and gentry who till then had found no one seriously to oppose their assertion that they possessed a natural instinct of government.

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Kops vividly describes Paul's single-minded dedication to the cause of women's rights as well as the challenges she faced.

Kops, Deborah. Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights

By comparison with many of his contemporaries, Bernard Kops appears a forgotten figure of the 1950s English stage revolution.

William Baker and Jeanette Roberts Shumaker. Bernard Kops: Fantasist, London Jew, Apocalyptic Humorist

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