Upcropping

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that crops up, or occurs unexpectedly.

    "You may find that upcroppings of guilt can plague you for months after a pregnancy loss."

  2. 2
    A rising outcrop.

    "Cruising World Healthy trees draped in Spanish moss still thrived on these odd upcroppings of rock, some of which were surrounded by water now, and white with kittiwakes […]"

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"You may find that upcroppings of guilt can plague you for months after a pregnancy loss."

Etymology

From up + cropping.

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crop up

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