Coopetty coop

Coopetty coop: Money (Navy). The term is said to be derived from a story of a sea-captain who put an unruly apprentice into a hen-coop and fed him out of a trough, making the lad call out "coopetty coop!" The lad's father sued the skipper and got heavy damages. The money was paid in court, and as he picked the notes up, the father called across to the captain, "Coopetty coop – what about it now!"