croppie
Americannoun
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croppies,
plural
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croppie
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The paper says some are put off because farmers are losing patience with the circles - but it speaks to one croppie who gave up because he developed hay fever.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2013
It should not be considered beneath the dignity of an Angler to cast the fly for a rock bass, a blue-gill, or a croppie, with a three-ounce rod.
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker
It seems the people who make them - so-called croppies - are slowly retiring.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2013
The gentry want their combs cut as much as the croppies.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
The idea of packing up ammunition for the croppies in the temporary barrack of a squadron of dragoons, and using His Majesty's straw to stuff the sacks, appealed to him as extremely comic.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
Black bass and perch are very plentiful in the land-locked lakes; and certain sections produce also many varieties of white fish, sun fish, croppies and cat fish.
From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.
Well, my man, the croppies is another name for the rebels, and the toast I 'm going to give you is about them.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
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