sharecrop

[ shair-krop ]

/ ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp /

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verb (used with or without object), share·cropped, share·crop·ping.

to farm as a sharecropper.

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Origin of sharecrop

1865–70, Americanism; back formation from sharecropper

Words nearby sharecrop

Shardana, share, share account, share and share alike, share certificate, sharecrop, sharecropper, sharecropping, shared-appreciation mortgage, shared care, shared logic

How to use sharecrop in a sentence

His grandmother, who is in her 70s, is a steady presence, but she attended little school while growing up in a sharecropping family in South Carolina.
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The boss man told them they could work by the day or sharecrop or they could work by groups.
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British Dictionary definitions for sharecrop

sharecrop

/ (ˈʃɛəˌkrɒp) /

verb -crops, -cropping or -cropped

mainly US to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper

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