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Sharecropping

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops. countable, uncountable

    "Slim came from sharecropping stock, his people farmed land but never owned it"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sharecrop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From share + cropping.

Etymology 2

From share + cropping.

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