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crop·per
I. \ˈkräpə(r)\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from croppen to crop + -er
: one that crops: as
a.
(1) : one that raises produce; specifically : sharecropper
< returned to the soil as croppers and later as tenants — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
(2) : a market gardener who raises special crops out of season
b. : a plant that yields a crop
< this raspberry is a good cropper >
c. : a worker who cuts hides into crops and butt bends — called also carver
d.
(1) : any of various workers who shear textiles, metals, or leather
(2) : a machine for doing this work
II. noun
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Etymology: crop (I) (gullet) + -er
: a pigeon resembling the pouter
III. noun
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Etymology: perhaps from crop (I) (neck) + -er
1. : a severe fall
< first time in the saddle he got an awful cropper >
2. : a sudden or violent failure or collapse
< his delusions and the croppers they cost him — Edmund Wilson >
— often used with come
< to see their betters come a cropper — Tyrone Guthrie > |