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Cropper

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).
Noun
  1. 1
    A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

    "But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’"

  2. 2
    A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
  3. 3
    A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
  4. 4
    A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
  5. 5
    small farmers and tenants wordnet
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  1. 6
    A variety of plant producing a good harvest.

    "The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See come a cropper.

Etymology 2

From crop + -er, in reference to a bird's crop.

Etymology 3

From crop + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix), in reference to agricultural crops.

Etymology 4

From crop + -er, from the verb.

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