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Webster 1913 Edition
Cropper
Crop′per
(kr?p′p?r)
, Noun.
1.
One that crops.
2.
A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.
3.
(Mech.)
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
4.
A fall on one’s head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse.
[Slang.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Cropper
CROPPER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Cropper
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See also: Cropper
English
Noun
cropper (plural croppers)
- A fall, a tumble; see come a cropper.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) page: 185:
- 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.’
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) page: 185:
Etymology 2
In referencr to a bird's crop.
Noun
cropper (plural croppers)
- A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
Etymology 3
an agricultural crop
Noun
cropper (plural croppers)
- A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
- A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
- That potato I grew last year was a good cropper.
- A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.