Cropper

Quick meaning: Cropper is a noun meaning (normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

Meaning

(normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

More Meanings

1. A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
2. A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
3. A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
4. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

Example Sentences

The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable 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.

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.’

Word Forms

• croppers

Synonyms for cropper

Depending on context, synonyms include sharecropper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sharecropper, upcropping, crop, crumpler, crippler, cowp.

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