noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex. archaic, slang

   "Would fly about our bedrooms. Heathcroppers / Lived on the hills, and were our only friends: /"

Example

More examples

"Would fly about our bedrooms. Heathcroppers / Lived on the hills, and were our only friends: /"

Etymology

From heath + cropper.

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