cropper

noun

1. A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

   “But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’”

   “You're riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.”

2. A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
3. A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
4. A variety of plant producing a good harvest.

   “The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.”

5. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

name

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
2. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
3. A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).