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plural croppers
(normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure. quotations examples
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”, in James Strachey, transl., Avon Books, page: 185
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.
1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, page 29
A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop. examples
A person who nurtures and gathers a crop. examples
A variety of plant producing a good harvest. quotations examples
The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.
1901 July 5, “Coast Fruit”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 9, page 284
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. examples