cropper
Example Sentences
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Manchester United are yet to come a cropper on the road in this season’s Premier League and here’s a mighty fine chance to make it 14 undefeated trips on the spin.
From The Guardian
“I don’t know that the pandemic has really - I can’t say for the row croppers - but as far as the labor involved, it’s still pretty much the same ol’ same ol’,” he said.
From Washington Times
A key man in Saturday’s breakaway, the Italian suffered a broken collar bone, fractured ribs and a punctured lung after coming a cropper around 50 kilometres into yesterdays stage.
From The Guardian
Theresa May come a cropper on that particular policy.
From BBC
They called themselves “Luddites”, a whimsical reference to a folktale about a young cropper who, when beaten by his master, retaliated by destroying his frame.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
