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sharecrop

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share·crop  (shârkrp)
v. share·cropped, share·crop·ping, share·crops
v.intr.
To work as a sharecropper.
v.tr.
To work (land) or grow (crops) as a sharecropper.

sharecrop [ˈʃɛəˌkrɒp]
vb -crops, -cropping, -cropped
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Chiefly US to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper


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