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sharecrop

American  
[shair-krop] / ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp /

verb (used with or without object)

sharecropped, sharecropping

  1. to farm as a sharecropper.

sharecrop British  
/ ˈʃɛəˌkrɒp /

verb

  1. to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper

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Etymology

Origin of sharecrop

1865–70, back formation from sharecropper

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