Cropper

Cropper

Cropper may refer to:

People:

  • Angela Cropper, a United Nations official from Trinidad & Tobago
  • Anna Cropper (1938 - 2007), British stage and television actress
  • Anton Cropper, American television director and producer
  • Hayley Cropper, a fictional character in UK ITV Coronation Street
  • Dene Cropper (b. 1983), English former professional footballer
  • James Cropper (MP) (1823 - 1900), English Liberal politician
  • James Cropper (priest) (?? - 1938), Anglican priest
  • James Cropper (businessman) (b. 1938), English businessman
  • Jason Cropper (b. 1971), American musician, guitarist for Weezer
  • John Cropper (1797 - 1876), British philanthropist
  • Linda Cropper, Australian television actress
  • Roy Cropper, a fictional character in UK ITV Coronation Street
  • Steve Cropper (b. 1941), Ammerican guityarist, songwriter and producer
  • William Cropper (1862 - 1889), English cricketer and footballer

Other uses:


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  • Cropper — ist der Familienname von folgenden Personen: Steve Cropper (* 1941), US amerikanischer Gitarrist, Produzent und Songwriter William Cropper (1862–1899), englischer Cricket und Fußballspieler Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Cropper (Kentucky)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cropper — ► NOUN 1) a plant which yields a specified crop. 2) a machine or person that cuts or trims something. 3) chiefly US a person who raises a crop, especially as a sharecropper. ● come a cropper Cf. ↑come a cropper …   English terms dictionary

  • cropper — [kräp′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that crops 2. a machine or workman that cuts or shears leather, nap from cloth, etc. 3. a sharecropper 4. a plant that yields a crop 5. [< ? phr. neck and crop] a precipitate fall: now chiefly in COME A… …   English World dictionary

  • Cropper — Crop per (kr?p p?r), n. 1. One that crops. [1913 Webster] 2. A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. [1913 Webster] 4. A fall… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cropper — noun a) a fall; see come a cropper 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… …   Wiktionary

  • cropper — come a cropper BrE informal a) to fail in something, especially unexpectedly: I came a cropper on the last question in the test. b) to accidentally fall onto the ground from a horse or bicycle: Jimmy came a cropper as he turned the corner …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cropper — n. a crop producing plant of specified quality (a good cropper; a heavy cropper). Phrases and idioms: come a cropper sl. 1 fall heavily. 2 fail badly …   Useful english dictionary

  • cropper — /krop euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that crops. 2. a person who raises a crop. 3. a person who cultivates land for its owner in return for part of the crop; sharecropper. 4. a plant that furnishes a crop. 5. a cloth shearing machine. 6. come a… …   Universalium

  • Cropper — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval origin and is generally an occupational surname for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of corn. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word cropp meaning swelling ,… …   Surnames reference

  • cropper — n. failure to come a cropper ( to fail ) * * * [ krɒpə] [ failure ] to come a cropper ( to fail ) …   Combinatory dictionary

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