sharecrop

[shair-krop]

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

to farm as a sharecropper.

Origin of sharecrop

1865–70, Americanism; back formation from sharecropper

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Examples from the Web for sharecrop

Historical Examples of sharecrop

The boss man told them they could work by the day or sharecrop or they could work by groups.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
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British Dictionary definitions for sharecrop

sharecrop

verb -crops, -cropping or -cropped

mainly US to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper

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