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cropper

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crop·per 1  (krpr)
n.
A person who works land in return for a share of the yield; a sharecropper.
cropper
Noun
come a cropper Informal
a. to fail completely
b. to fall heavily
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.croppercropper - 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


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Then he remembered the accounts of Berande, and the cropper that was coming, and scowled.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
"Well, well: it's a pity she didn't go back before Beaufort's cropper," he repeated.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Lord Audley and the unknown knight struck each other fairly upon the helmet; but, while the stranger sat as firm and rigid as ever upon his charger, the Englishman was bent back to his horse's cropper by the weight of the blow, and had galloped half-way down the lists ere he could recover himself.
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