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cropper

noun as in peasant

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Eventually, Eddie Howe's side are going to come a cropper, but at the moment they are finding a way to win games, even if they are relying on moments of brilliance by individual players rather than playing well as a team.

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Joshua Cropper, 31, of Pitt Street, Southport, who was previously given a Pride of Sefton Award, was caught on video launching rocks, bricks and a concrete slab at the van while officers were inside, Merseyside Police said.

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Cropper was given a courage award in the 2023 Pride of Sefton Awards for rescuing a number of dogs from a burning house.

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“I would hate to imagine the education budget being cut, disruption in higher education funding, civil servants being laid off, healthcare coming a cropper,” he said.

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In 1998, “Coronation Street” viewers were introduced to Hayley Cropper, the first transgender character ever to appear on British television.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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