cropper (redirected from came a cropper)

crop·per ¹  (krpr)

n.

A person who works land in return for a share of the yield; a sharecropper.

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crop·per ²  (krpr)

n.

1. A heavy fall; a tumble.

2. A disastrous failure; a fiasco.

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[Perhaps from the phrase neck and crop, completely.]

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cropper

Noun

come a cropper Informal

a. to fail completely

b. to fall heavily

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cropper - small farmers and tenants             sharecrop farmer, sharecropper agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer - a person who tills the soil for a living

Translations

cropper [ˈkrɔpəʳ] n to come a cropper (inf) → faire la culbute, s'étaler

cropper [ˈkrɔpəʳ] (inf) n to come a cropper → hinfallen (fig) (fail) → auf die Nase fallen

cropper [ˈkrɔpəʳ] n to come a cropper (col) → fare fiasco