"It isn't the first 'cropper' I have come; I shouldn't have minded at all, only for my head. From Wordnik.com. [Three Margarets] Reference
He is asking to come a cropper and seemingly will. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
It comes into bearing early, and is a heavy cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
The food came out of the share of the share cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference
"Larch is going to come a cropper, if I'm any judge.". From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story] Reference
When he got back he made terms to work as a share cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
For you ran to dodge a copper and you came an awful cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Battler's Ballad] Reference
Vigorous grower, upright, good cropper, fair size round nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His father was the son of a share cropper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2002] Reference
A horseman had come a cropper a little distance down the lane. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"I hope she's not come a cropper down one of these confounded hills.". From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Her niece's husband, Golden Byrd, is a share-cropper on Mr. Howze's place. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
He had a share-cropper deal with Mr. Sander and I helped him work his patch. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
Is there concern of the administration there, John, this may come a cropper?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2006] Reference
The economy came a cropper on the burdens of paying for a war and inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Democratic Unity Event] Reference
Crikey, you should 'a seen 'im come a cropper on his nut down them new steps. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 7, 1891] Reference
Good cropper of roundish nuts, having short open husks and good clean kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
For the cropper lads in the County of York, have broken shears at Fosters 'Mill. From Wordnik.com. [Fosters' Mill] Reference
Yes, he could be sure of that; I had come one cropper that day, and it was enough. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim] Reference
You had two long sets of negotiations in Maryland and West Virginia that came a cropper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009] Reference
If the whole thing comes a cropper, Argentines can burn effigies of their own this time. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina and the Paris Club] Reference
"I ought to be thankful that I didn't come my cropper on it," she said, laughing nervously. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
To what else may Mr. Troy King devote his time and energy if his rabbit hunt comes a cropper?. From Wordnik.com. [Win McCormack: Alabama Attorney General Seeks End of "Bunny Bliss" -- Will Launch Rabbit Hunt] Reference
We had been flattering ourselves that we had discovered a new "outlook," and we came a bad cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Scientists and Doctors dabbling in the Celeb and Politics arena are always going to come a cropper. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Very attractive, heavy cropper, well-filled kernels by August first, shells coloring by August fifth. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The native hazelnut which may be found throughout the State is hardy and generally a fairly regular cropper. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
In the end, much of what Sir Mark Sykes of Britain and François Georges-Picot of France agreed upon came a cropper. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Zion] Reference
The Watt English walnut at Penticton, B. C., is proving a regular cropper of uniform large round nuts of good flavor. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
When a man has come a cropper in every sense of the word, his nerves are braced for the receipt of unwelcome tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
I mean, every single thing that this White House is trying to do on a variety of fronts seems to be coming a cropper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2005] Reference
That one of them would come a cropper was surely inevitable, and a secret relief for readers in the gray London winter. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder in Kenya] Reference
Very, very, very few people were actually positioning themselves financially to make a fortune if it all came a cropper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2009] Reference
So Mike Trowler rescued and nursed cropper back to health, making him his pet, a relationship that took time to develop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2007] Reference
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