1
: one that crops
2
: one that raises crops
specifically
: sharecropper
1
: a severe fall
2
: a sudden or violent failure or collapse
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Examples of cropper in a Sentence
Noun (2)
more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships
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Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2022
But on closer inspection, there are differences: This cropper is shirtless, his backside a bit too pert, and the stalks of asparagus growing from the ground are, in fact, penises.
—Max Norman David Chow Victoria Petro-Conroy, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
Intent is where the Manhattan District Attorney’s financial case seemed to come a cropper.
—Norman Eisen, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
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Noun
DeSantis' landslide will likely turn out to be the historically most important result from last Tuesday, akin to but with even greater consequences than George W. Bush's victory in Texas in 1998, another midterm year in which the GOP otherwise came a cropper.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2022
But on closer inspection, there are differences: This cropper is shirtless, his backside a bit too pert, and the stalks of asparagus growing from the ground are, in fact, penises.
—Max Norman David Chow Victoria Petro-Conroy, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
Intent is where the Manhattan District Attorney’s financial case seemed to come a cropper.
—Norman Eisen, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Cropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cropper. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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cropper
1 of 2 noun
crop·per
ˈkräp-ər 
: one that crops
especially
: sharecropper
cropper
2 of 2 noun1
: a severe fall
2
: a sudden or violent failure or collapse
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