cropper
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cropper¹
Where it comes from
See come a cropper.
noun croppers
- 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.’
cropper²
Where it comes from
From crop + -er, in reference to a bird's crop.
noun croppers
- A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
cropper³
Where it comes from
From crop + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix), in reference to agricultural crops.
noun croppers
- A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
- A variety of plant producing a good harvest. The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.
cropper⁴
Where it comes from
From crop + -er, from the verb.
noun croppers
- A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
Cropper⁵
Rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)
proper noun
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
- An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
- A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).
Talk about this word "cropper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cropper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cropper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cropper "cropper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cropper.Cite this
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