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See also: Cropper
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See come a cropper.
Noun
[edit]cropper (plural croppers)
- (normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, “The Interpretation of Dreams”, in James Strachey, transl., Avon Books, 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.’
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]crop + -er, in reference to a bird's crop.
Noun
[edit]cropper (plural croppers)
- A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
Etymology 3
[edit]crop + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix), in reference to agricultural crops.
Noun
[edit]cropper (plural croppers)
- A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
- A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
- 1901 July 5, “Coast Fruit”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 9, page 284:
- The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]cropper (plural croppers)
- A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.