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cropper

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɒpə/
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Definition of cropper

noun

  • 1a plant which yields a specified crop:the white-fleshed varieties are the heaviest croppers
  • 2a machine or person that cuts or trims something.
  • 3chiefly US a person who raises a crop, especially as a sharecropper.

Phrases

come a cropper

British informal
fall heavily: he came the most appalling cropper—I think he knocked himself out
suffer a defeat or disaster:the club’s challenge for the championship has come a cropper

cropper in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cropper in the US English dictionary