cropper — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

   Usage

   • normally confined to the expression come a cropper

   Examples

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   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.’

   You're riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.

Noun

1. A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.

Noun

1. A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.

2. A variety of plant producing a good harvest.

   Examples

   The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.

Noun

1. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

Noun

1. small farmers and tenants

   Synonyms

   sharecroppersharecrop farmer

   Broader terms

   agricultural laboreragricultural labourer