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cropper
noun as in comedown
noun as in decline
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noun as in farmer
noun as in peasant
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Example Sentences
“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.
They both ended up in hospital after coming a cropper in the parents' race.
But Lulu's show came a cropper in 1969 when she booked the Jimi Hendrix Experience as her musical guests.
If Labour goes into the next election as the party of higher taxes, as might yet be the case, it could yet come a cropper.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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