alt Hacker News> Walk around Burton and everything is named after beer: Cooper this, Brewer that.
I recently learnt that a "cooper" is someone that makes wooden casks or barrels.
> Walk around Burton and everything is named after beer: Cooper this, Brewer that.
I recently learnt that a "cooper" is someone that makes wooden casks or barrels.
"cooper" derives from the verb "coop", which likely derives from Latin "cūpa", from which we get the word "cup".