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Dictionary: crop·per1   (krŏp'ər) pronunciation

n.
A person who works land in return for a share of the yield; a sharecropper.


crop·per2 (krŏp'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A heavy fall; a tumble.
  2. A disastrous failure; a fiasco.

[Perhaps from the phrase neck and crop, completely.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: small farmers and tenants
  Synonyms: sharecropper, sharecrop farmer


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - rigtydende plante/træ

idioms:

  • come a cropper    styrte til jorden, have fiasko

2.
n. - kropdue, skæremaskine, forpagter

Nederlands (Dutch)
vruchtdragende plant, plotselinge smak/ teleurstelling

Français (French)
1.
n. - chute lourde, culbute, catastrophe, fiasco

idioms:

  • come a cropper    faire une chute, ramasser une pelle (fam), se heurter à un obstacle imprévu, se planter (fam)

2.
n. - fermier qui donne une partie des récolte au propriétaire foncier en guise de loyer

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - schwerer Sturz, Zusammenbruch, Fiasko

idioms:

  • come a cropper    schwer stürzen, auf die Nase fallen

2.
n. - Ackerbauer, Schnitter, Teilpächter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κορφολόγος (άνθρωπος ή μηχάνημα), καλλιεργούμενο φυτό

idioms:

  • come a cropper    τρώω τούμπα, γκρεμοτσακίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

  • come a cropper    far fiasco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cultivador (m)

idioms:

  • come a cropper    fracassar

Русский (Russian)
жнец

idioms:

  • come a cropper    грохнуться, провалиться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - planta de buen rendimiento

idioms:

  • come a cropper    fracasar por completo, darse un porrazo

2.
n. - aparcero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - odlare, fall (vard.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
种植者, 收割机, 农作物, 重重的一跤

idioms:

  • come a cropper    栽跟斗, 猛摔一跤

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 種植者, 收割機, 農作物, 重重的一跤

idioms:

  • come a cropper    栽跟斗, 猛摔一跤

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 농작물 심는 사람, 베는 기계, 수확이 있는 작물, 추락

idioms:

  • come a cropper    털썩 떨어지다, 큰 실수를 하다

2.
n. - 소작인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 収穫のある作物, 作物栽培者, 刈り込み機, 収穫する人, 作物, 失敗

idioms:

  • come a cropper    どうと倒れ落ちる, 落馬する, 大失敗する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مزارع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נפילה קשה, כישלון חרוץ, מפלה‬
n. - ‮צמח מניב, מוציא יבול, קוצר‬


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