cropper

/ˈkrɑpər/
noun
  1. A person who grows or harvests a crop, especially a sharecropper.
    • As a cotton cropper, he knew the best time to pick the bolls.
    • Many croppers in the region rented land from large landowners.
    • The cropper worked hard to bring in the wheat harvest.
  2. A machine or tool that cuts or trims something, such as paper or photographs.
    • She used a paper cropper to make clean edges on her scrapbook pages.
    • The photo cropper trimmed the picture to fit the frame perfectly.
    • A heavy-duty cropper in the factory cut sheets of metal.
  3. A pigeon of a breed with a large, inflatable crop.
    • He kept several croppers in his loft as show birds.
    • The cropper puffed out its chest during the mating display.
    • Croppers are known for their ability to inflate their crops dramatically.
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