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cop

noun (QUALITY)
 
 
/kɒp/ US  /kɑːp/

Definition

not much cop slang not very good: His last book wasn't much cop.Not good enough
(Definition of cop noun (QUALITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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