Sentence:  As he went out he told Freddie the dinner <WSD>was</WSD> perfect , and when he got his hat and coat from Nancy Parks and put a fifty-piece piece in the slot , he told her to be sure that it went toward her dowry . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)