cropt
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of cropt
Spelling variant of cropped ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The present is a very sound copy, but evidently cropt.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Another early Pliny- -UPON VELLUM: very fine, undoubtedly; but somewhat cropt, as the encroachment upon the arms, at the bottom of the first illuminated page, evidently proves.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
M. Ranner shewed me a sound, fair copy of the first Florentine Homer of 1488; but cropt, with red edges to the leaves.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
But the head navvy merely hitched up his trousers, and said, “Why, Soondays hain’t cropt out here yet!”
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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