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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.

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

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 Lewis, Sinclair

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.