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 Charles Barker Bradford
It seems the people who make them - so-called croppies - are slowly retiring.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2013
Early in the morning I can land pickerel and croppies where a minnow or a frog could sleep on the end of a six pounder's nose.
From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Gordon Stuart
But she exclaimed over the lakes: dark water reflecting wooded bluffs, a flight of ducks, a fisherman in shirt sleeves and a wide straw hat, holding up a string of croppies.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
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 Harry F. Giles
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 Charles James Lever
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