| 单词 | cropper |
| 例句 | A flying leg kicked my shin but I got past them without coming a cropper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One time I asked Papa didn’t he think his daddy was lazy, leaving all the work to field hands or sorry no-count tenants and croppers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The story of how “The Other Side” came a cropper lies at the heart of Karp’s book. The story of the final — and unfinished — work of Orson Welles 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z “Nothing in the American experience is like they thought it would be growing up, the promise of the American dream has come a cropper for so many people.” Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Her latest album, “Faded Gloryville,” is about picking up the pieces after such notions come a cropper. Lindi Ortega: The pipes of Patsy Cline with the visual flair of Amy Winehouse 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The British film-maker is not the only director to have come a cropper when revisiting past glories. Never go back: why the Terminator reunion may be a recipe for failure 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In the meantime, though, this matter of historical accuracy is usually where colour-blind casting comes a cropper, especially in period drama-enamoured Britain. The Handmaid's Tale's race problem 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z And here's the really weird bit: the croppers are absurdly pleased with their lot. To the internet giants, you're not a customer. You're just another user 2013-06-08T23:05:23Z In refusing to accept the human qualities of this scene, the cropper missed a chance to see Khan and Tanweer for what they were – everyman figures, faces of our times, here. MI5's uselessly dehumanised crop of the 7/7 bombers picture 2011-02-22T16:14:44Z In rendering them in bleak black and white the cropper also isolated them, reducing a conversation piece to two alienated individuals. MI5's uselessly dehumanised crop of the 7/7 bombers picture 2011-02-22T16:14:44Z Steve comes a cropper when one of the armed guards mistakes his impersonation of Alan Bennett as an attack on the state. Where next for Steve Coogan's The Trip? 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Plenty have come a cropper trying to transpose Anthony Burgess's 1962 novella to the stage. A Clockwork Orange – review 2012-11-22T17:44:03Z They both ended up in hospital after coming a cropper in the parents' race. Dads' race at school sports day put me in A&E 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z But Lulu's show came a cropper in 1969 when she booked the Jimi Hendrix Experience as her musical guests. An incomplete history of pop on BBC television 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z 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. Opinion | Yes, the Tories are in a mess. But there may be a way out for them. 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z It's the mindset that at the turn of the 20th Century saw the vilification of black people as wide-eyed "happy negroes" content with their lot as poor share croppers and shoe shiners. US election 2020: Why racism is still a problem for the world's most powerful country 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z 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. Tour de France 2019: stage 10 – live! 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z 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. Bringing big tech to heel: how do we take back control of the internet? 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z As the New York Times demonstrates, even the world's most respected titles can come a cropper. Famous spelling errors from Trump to Nasa 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z History is strewn with tales of managers returning to their alma mater on a white charger in the windswept style, only to come a cropper in short order and limp off in abject defeat. From Allison to Hoddle via Souness: beware the manager returning ‘home’ | Scott Murray 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z But most “croppers,” as whale catchers called themselves, still sought — within the limited and often incorrect understanding at that time of orca biology — to manage the live capture business like any other fishery. The orca and the orca catcher: How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z "Where we come a cropper is often with music - we don't share the same tastes in music - and films and things like that." 'My mid-life sex life is now a musical' 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Attacks spread from town to town under cover of darkness, the croppers destroying the technology that was robbing them of their livelihood. Bringing big tech to heel: how do we take back control of the internet? 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z For all the personal and professional respect McCain inspires, however, he has just come a bit of a cropper. Which the bigger threat, Russia or Isis? | Mary Dejevsky 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z His ambitions for his children, however, come a cropper. Top 10 novels about Pakistan 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z These ideas came a cropper once the price of iron ore crashed. Africa’s largest iron-ore deposit has tainted all who have touched it 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Ditto Ethel, the vain and beautiful older sister, who also comes a cropper through William’s often well-meaning efforts to help her or, more often, get himself out of a scrape. 'I fell out of bed laughing': writers on their favourite funny book 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z New York is, famously, a town of transience, with newcomers arriving constantly, either making their mark or coming a cropper, then leaving for jobs overseas, or back home, or the sun of California. Milton Glaser Still Hearts New York 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Should they come, how you say, a cropper at the Hawthorns today, then it’s unlikely that his mood will improve at all. West Brom v Chelsea: Premier League – live! | Nick Miller 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z "Liberica is a strong grower and a prolific cropper but it just doesn't taste very good, and for many tastes a bit like vegetable soup," says Davis. Saving coffee from extinction - BBC News 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z And yes, people do do that but they rapidly become croppers when they do. It's Not Obvious That The Greeks Are Taking This Debt Crisis Seriously 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Brian Williams has come a cropper – a useful English expression for falling off your high horse. Brian Williams' Iraq Lies Shows Media Is Too Cozy With the Military 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z That argument seems self-evident - Morrison's tried to ignore the digital world for years and eventually became a cropper. Will Tesco keep taking the tablets? 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Should they come, how you say, a cropper at the Hawthorns today, then it’s unlikely that his mood will improve at all. West Brom v Chelsea: Premier League – live! | Nick Miller 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The campaign could yet come a cropper over a lack of defensive strength in depth but Debuchy may prove an upgrade on Sagna. Transfer window fans’ verdict part 1: Arsenal to Manchester City 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Where, of course, the darlings of the tournament came a cropper against resolute German underdogs. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No25: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z In the Civil War, the Royalists came a cropper at the hands of the parliamentarians. Newark set to battle over election 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z But there were plenty of ways to come a cropper outside the home. 10 truly bizarre Victorian deaths 2013-12-25T02:53:53Z Sure enough, three riders come off at Primrose Corner while another comes a cropper at Church Corner, causing the race to be red flagged with only two laps completed. Wet and wild at the North West 200 2013-05-20T10:51:13Z "We have gone through the worst financial crisis in living memory, where most of the big banks that had bankers running them came a cropper, and we didn't." Ambition, deals, hubris – how even the Co-op made banking's classic mistakes 2013-05-11T23:06:23Z Spurs could be forgiven for having one eye on Stamford Bridge, but they'll come a cropper if they don't turn up at White Hart Lane ready to take Southampton deadly seriously. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2013-05-03T08:08:15Z So what if the negotiations come a cropper? The Limits of Saber Rattling 2013-03-28T11:58:03Z Those who change nothing, or assume familiar old ways will forever suffice, will come a cropper sooner or later. How to get ahead in rugby union in 2013: new year resolution 2013-01-02T10:56:12Z Other than big hair and tight shorts, the original series is also remembered for incidents including then England football captain Kevin Keegan coming a cropper in the cycling event. Mo Farah to take part in Superstars Christmas special 2012-11-14T17:06:19Z But you know I came a cropper in India, and I was a bit tired of the sturm und drang of existence, so I hied me to cover under my mother's maiden name. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z "Yes," conceded Claud, "I expect you would; that is, if you didn't come a cropper on the way." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z You will come a cropper if you do. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Next moment I had also come a cropper at ditch, and rolled down on top of my prey. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z Well, the poor girl had come one cropper; allowances must be made. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Its various recent military threats have come a cropper. Joe Klein in South Carolina: Newt Be Nimble 2012-01-17T22:35:14Z My jink was so sudden that the rider, seeking to spear me under his Pony's neck, came a full cropper in the black cotton-earth. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z But somewhere in it I came what our English friends call a most awful "cropper." Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The "croppers" I got where the fences were tall, And Oh the immaculate "toppers" That always were crushed by my fall. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z Andy had had no idea of anything of the sort, but he had an instinct that people who come one cropper—and one only—feel that one badly. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z People who do always come the worst croppers in the end. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z I am not in the least surprised at what you tell me, any more than I was surprised when he came his cropper. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z In the country many of the men are croppers. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z One of these days he's likely to come an unholy cropper, and that's to my way of thinking what he most needs. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z I tried to tell her "the bubonic plague," but my tongue betrayed me, and I came a cropper. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z It was a beastly cropper—this wedding mess—and I've gone to pieces over it, for I did love Rosamond awfully. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z But what the foozle is to the golfer, the cropper to the rider, the spill in midstream to the boatman, the fall at the end of the jump is to the ski-man. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z The latter retains out of their half whatever he has advanced the croppers. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z They are better croppers, and are now usually planted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z If the sea only stays so smooth they can make a port in less than a day, if they don’t come a cropper. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z Time and patience fail me to indicate the countless and howling croppers which Mr Pahtridhji has achieved in the space of this single picture. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z "Why!" objected I, "he died from falling a cropper in the back passage, not on the field of glory." A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z So most of the cotton is made by tenants and croppers. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Certain kinds seem to do well or fairly well in all parts of the country; others, whilst heavy croppers in some localities, are often unsatisfactory in others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z I must have caught my foot in something, and came a cropper. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The horse unluckily caught his off fore foot on one of these, and as he was going fast, it tripped him up, and he came down a regular cropper, rolling right over. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z All I do know is that when I reached the spot where Matthews was standing, I came an ignominious cropper at the water's edge. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z Especially do I emphasize his exceptional advantages for comparing whites and negroes as farmers, tenants, croppers, and laborers for standing wages, in making cotton. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z A man who attempts to do gymnastic feats without training comes a cropper. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Capacious dovecote! where carrier-pigeons and fantails and croppers, intermingled with the more ordinary, bill and coo, ruffle and smoothen their feathers, and bend their versicolor necks to the same corn. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z This one was not much of a dancer and in a moment my partner and I came a cropper almost on top of them. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z After one of your characters has come a cropper in the hunting-field he will be taken on a hurdle to the nearest house: usually, by a strange coincidence, the heroine's home. Mr. Punch in Bohemia 2011-04-16T02:00:17.803Z The croppers get half the crop, and the land owner half. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The immense superiority of the robusta as a cropper over the ordinary Arabian coffee is best illustrated in a table published by the Department of Agriculture, Java. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z Without question Savnak could “fiddle”; the man, in spite of having come a moral cropper, was, if he, Billy Kane, were any judge, little short of a genius. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Then came a telephone call for me; Reason came a nasty cropper under Instinct's sudden leap. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z But having subsequently come a cropper on all three, they wouldn't be making the same mistake twice, and the following season went hell for leather in the league. The Joy of Six: Title-race turning points 2011-03-25T10:59:49Z These croppers are the great bulk of the agricultural laborers. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Knowing that Hugh had been riding for a fall, she expected him now to come his cropper. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z There they worked as share croppers until the death of her husband. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z He had still to come his croppers and learn most of the important lessons in life, and, so far, he wasn't aware of it. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Admittedly they came a cropper courtesy of Exeter's forwards but Evans believes the next five weeks are a potential springboard to something significant. Nick Evans would answer the All Black call ? but will it come? 2011-02-18T15:55:46Z What a rumpus to make about a fellow getting a 'cropper'! Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Lord Victor, somewhat puzzled by Ananda's denial of ownership and then the admittance of it, concluded that the prince was still upset by the cropper he had come off the elephant. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z This man's son came no end of a cropper, and the property changed hands several times. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Perhaps it will break down suddenly before he gets to the bottom and the mad chauffeur will come an awful cropper, but there will be something left of the machine. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z The inevitable cropper will involve a certain actor who for the past month has been delighting Chicago audiences with his manly pulchritude as well as his histrionic ability. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Fancy the Irresistible coming another cropper, and at the hands of a mere infant like you! Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z And he was in the act of doing so, had half reined round, when he felt the horse sink beneath him, and himself going a “cropper” over neck and head. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z I mean unless you were at the very top of your form you'd be bound to come a cropper. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z For decades, a people's favorite has come a cropper in a U.S. Most Important Courses: How We Made Our Selections 2010-10-13T04:00:00Z Of course, like coca farmers in Bolivia and opium croppers in Afghanistan, Lin doesn’t make the big money; that’s for the networks running importation and distribution. Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory 2010-08-20T20:10:00Z "Someone will come a cropper," he predicted, speaking to Reuters ahead of the event. Doubts grow over fund firms' Asia dash 2010-07-01T11:28:00Z Now he must just hope that he does not come a cropper like the leaders following the opening two days. Mark Foster has his feet on the ground as Darren Clarke gets airmiles 2010-05-01T21:07:00Z Evidently the man, who was advancing rather slowly, limping a little as he moved, had come a cropper. Capricious Caroline "How long, I mean, before you come a cropper, as the saying is?" The Undying Past I have come an awful cropper, but you might help me with what's left. The Hillman Gwethyn, so near to victory, slid, alas! as on ice, and came a heavy cropper. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Why, by Jove, I almost took a cropper right into them! The Haunted Pajamas If you don't come a cropper," Lambert said, "you'll get fed up with that sort of thinking. The Guarded Heights Do you know, I fancy the Frenches have come rather a cropper to-day. The Land of Strong Men We generally agreed, but we came an awful cropper over Gladstone. Life on the Stage Easy, my beauty, or you will come a cropper at the curb. With Edge Tools Many a youth took a cropper hereabouts, and among them was Sid. The Crimson Sweater Nicked my friend Barch's clothes and would have nicked yours, too, if he hadn't come a cropper. The Riddle of the Night And it is certainly well, though far from necessary, to avoid such 'croppers.' My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. At Manhattan Field, Cosgrove led up to the ninth hurdle in the trials, and then took a cropper, leaving Syme to win the heat. Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 The only pieces we both knew were so sentimental that my sense of humour would have tripped me up, I know, and I should have come a cropper. Windyridge I felt just like an elephant; my feet got in the way, and I almost came a cropper on the floor. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War He gave us an eight mile chase across country, and, knowing how the Ninth ride, I took them over some sharp nullahs, and the croppers they got you'll scarcely see mentioned in the government despatches. A Rent In A Cloud Thereby his quantitatively equal consumption comes a cropper. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" That is to say, he instantly comes a most tremendous cropper right in front of Portia. Portia or By Passions Rocked If more are wanted M'Laughlin's Gage is "rather large, pale yellow, flushed with red, a good cropper, habit erect, compact, vigorous, one of the finest dessert plums." The Book of Pears and Plums Eversley was a democratic parish of "heth croppers," and there were few gentry within its borders. Home Life of Great Authors "Do you see the cropper pigeon?" said one of the others. A Christmas Greeting This one, he decided, called for an angered scowl, particularly in view of the tone of voice which only brought home doubly how his planning of a full two years had come a cropper. Frigid Fracas And it is certainly well, though far from necessary, to avoid such “croppers.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Guthrie's Late Green, "very good cropper, habit bushy, compact, vigorous, a most delicious dessert plum." The Book of Pears and Plums Young Pollard did come some croppers, I can tell you. The Queen Against Owen And you just go out on lady-like roller skates and come a cropper. Two Little Women It was eerie business, this flying by instinct and facing the dreaded possibility of coming a cropper. Aces Up I've had a certain amount of experience, you know, in my poor little pottering way, and I thought I might possibly have saved you a cropper or two. The Brass Bottle It is "dark red, shaded with purple, a good cropper, habit bushy and compact, a delicious dessert variety that hangs well in the trees for some time after it is ripe." The Book of Pears and Plums "That cropper you came evidently hasn't hurt your imagination," chuckled the detective as he loosened the coarse string about the package. The Monk of Hambleton All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 There the usual cropper wiped him out, affected his health, drove him, and not in a landau either, from Madison Avenue, left him the portrait, the violin, the table and nothing else. The Paliser case There is bound to come a cropper somewhere––usually where you least expect it. The Gorgeous Girl Wyedale is popular in Yorkshire, valuable for its lateness, and for keeping sound on the trees when ripe; its habit is diffuse, size rather small, a good cropper. The Book of Pears and Plums "Neighbor" started out brilliantly but came a cropper at the end. The Monk of Hambleton I slipped, indeed, most sadly in the path, and came a shamefaced, ridiculous cropper. The Cruise of the Shining Light Cassy began talking about the biggest cropper that history has beheld—a tsar tossed from the saddle to Siberia! The Paliser case Such a man is apt to cherish what other men call "impossible ideals about women," and it behooves his masculine friends to watch out for him carefully lest he come a cropper. Blue-grass and Broadway The same may be said of Oullin's; neither are grand croppers. The Book of Pears and Plums He had "come an awful cropper from a mustang," and been laid up for three months; his money was all gone; he could get nothing to do. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 "Him come down cropper, I think," and he rubbed the back of his head and made grimaces which caused the others to laugh heartily. In the Musgrave Ranges “The billy’s empty,” said the other—“I spilt it when I came that cropper, and nearly broke my neck.” The Tale of Timber Town I try to pull up quickly to dismount and help you, and my bridle, which is made of worsted, like the toy reins children play with, breaks suddenly and my noble steed comes a cropper! Round the Wonderful World Rivers' Early Transparent Gage.—"Green or greenish yellow, flushed with red, the finest early dessert plum, a good cropper, habit bushy, compact, vigorous." The Book of Pears and Plums I was not inclined to buy anything except a fox-terrier pup, and I told Ward that he would come a most howling cropper if he did not look out. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Planters had begun already to break up their estates and entrust small holdings to cash renters, or share tenants, known as "croppers." The New Nation We had been flattering ourselves that we had discovered a new “outlook,” and we came a bad cropper. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 I'd come such an awful cropper that I didn't want any more falls. Anthony Lyveden But it's up to you to make yourself some other way, if you don't want to come a cropper and leave the Service. Captain Desmond, V.C. By Jove, yes—anybody can see she was bound to come a moral cropper, eh? Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts It comes into bearing early, and is a heavy cropper. Fruits of Queensland A horseman had come a cropper a little distance down the lane. The Hero of Garside School Last season, a young man who was hunting with the Pytchley on a hireling came a cropper at the first fence, staked his mount and got a kick in the head. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. If I didn't let Titmouse take a gate when he was in the humour, he'd kick like old boots, and pitch me a cropper. Vixen, Volume I. I should scarcely have thought you troubled whom you came a moral cropper with! Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts Fernoka Good cropper of roundish nuts, having short open husks and good clean kernels. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 The ground was far from being all that might be wished; but then he had known even worse in his experience, and had never yet come a cropper. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold We may, however, minimise the danger of its fracture by leaning well back at our fences, and by ducking our chins into our chests when we feel ourselves coming the inevitable cropper. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The catkins were hardy and one of the heavier croppers of the lot. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 The majority of the trees yield well but a few, however, are light croppers. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 It is the most successful heartnut yet tried in western Tennessee, a reliable and heavy cropper, and one of the best cracking varieties of all known heartnuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 These three do show great promise in my section as young and heavy croppers. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 How did you ever manage to come such a cropper? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea A neighbouring squire had had an accident; he had come a cropper in an awkward place—just at the finish—with consequences that looked grave. A London Life and Other Tales They were share croppers and farmers throughout their lives. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 I have failed to find a good pollinator for these Elfins, so they are shy croppers, although producing plenty of the female blooms. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 And much amusement bides In common butter slides; And stringy snares across the stairs cause unexpected croppers. The Book of Humorous Verse Sometimes we worked as hirelings and den as share croppers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 His face went very white, and his nostrils contracted, just as they would have done if he had come an ugly cropper over a piece of timber. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden One mistake we must not make is not to be too sure of the value of a nut because it is large, thin-shelled and has a fine flavor but is a poor cropper. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Very attractive, heavy cropper, well-filled kernels by August first, shells coloring by August fifth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 It isn't the first 'cropper' I have come; I shouldn't have minded at all, only for my head. Three Margarets If a man came a cropper in a big way, it was because he had rushed into a work before Destiny, the invisible infallible nuncio of God, had chosen her man. The Wind Bloweth I've come a cropper and knocked my head and broken some of my bones. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden I had a dozen tremendous croppers down the rocks. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition The native hazelnut which may be found throughout the State is hardy and generally a fairly regular cropper. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 She was full of reminiscences of former "croppers" in the lives of the various members of her family. Three Margarets "I would have thought so if there had been only one, but it didn't seem likely that both of you could have come a cropper," Knight replied. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party When a man has come a cropper in every sense of the word, his nerves are braced for the receipt of unwelcome tidings. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden My! what a cropper you must have come down when you got that dab on your proboscis!” The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers I hope you'll testify that I can take my croppers when they come. The Tyranny of Weakness This is a very excellent pea, an abundant cropper, and considerably earlier than the Auvergne and Shillings Grotto; to both of which it is also greatly superior. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. And, yes, we went out with the harriers; I had never sat a horse when he jumped anything before, and I came a couple of croppers. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys But when one has travelled on for many years and come many a cropper on the way one does long to show one’s children the short cuts! A College Girl “Yes,” I said, launching out my fist straight towards his bullet head and giving him a cropper on the mouth that sent him tumbling backwards on the deck, all of a heap; “I do.” Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy At the sixth hurdle we both rose together, and then I heard a crack and a grunt behind me, and knew poor old Dig had come a cropper. The Master of the Shell “There you are; you don’t even know it when you see it—‘came a cropper in his English grammar.’” Tom, Dick and Harry “Two to one you come a cropper over Elections.” Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The Watt English walnut at Penticton, B. C., is proving a regular cropper of uniform large round nuts of good flavor. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 He was supposed to have "come a cropper" somehow, as so many young men did, and to have disappeared with everything he had, out of the country, for his country's good. A Soldier of the Legion I say, I wonder if he’s got stuck up there, or come a cropper?” The Master of the Shell Unfortunately, after working the game for several years, Levine came a cropper by carelessly trying it on one of the same clerks that he had victimized some time before. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Goodness knows, when my turn comes, I shall come a cropper.” Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton I know this tree to be a good cropper but have no definite record of any one year's crop as the tree is located where many persons help themselves to the nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 "I ought to be thankful that I didn't come my cropper on it," she said, laughing nervously. The Spinner's Book of Fiction White Lambert and Red Lambert, still light croppers, possess very hardy catkins and for that reason deserve trial. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 They didn’t give anything to the share cropper. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 The horse got over safely, but Sam went a cropper over his head, and not being a particle hurt had to endure the good-natured laughter of the balance of them. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story "But then I came a fearful cropper, and on top of it I've been out in the rain all night." The Lost Valley "At any rate, if we did come a cropper, you'd be no worse off." The Admirable Tinker Child of the World If the ship came a cropper on take-off, the four of them were supposed to use ejection-seats like those supplied to jet pilots. Space Tug When he got back he made terms to work as a share cropper. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 One can but come a cropper," said I. "And risk staking our hobbies? In Search of the Unknown It usually bears a fair crop, however, but I do not consider it a heavy cropper like the Indiana or Niblack. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 I never see the old girl come a cropper yet.' The Parts Men Play However, any process that could be devised would probably be unprofitable to the small cropper, and the larger the business done, the less the cost per bushel. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 As he lay perfectly still after his cropper it looked as though Resident Hodson had lost his jackal. Caste We're no use, you see, people like me; we make a poor job at the game, and we keep failing and coming bad croppers and getting hurt and in general making a mess of things. The Lee Shore They had flown in the same squadron until "Stubby" Abbott came a cropper and was invalided home. Poor Man's Rock You hear about the chaps who succeed and those who come a cropper, but these are the poor beggars who never had a chance to do either. The Parts Men Play "I hope she's not come a cropper down one of these confounded hills." The Moon out of Reach Of course," and he returned to his earlier metaphor, "I know the big fences over which we may come a cropper. The Summons But the fact is poor Bertie has had an awful cropper. Bluebell A Novel It was evident that somewhere between April 18th and May 5th Tom had come a cropper. The Turtles of Tasman "Larch is going to come a cropper, if I'm any judge." The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story And you, young R-s-b-ry, if you come a cropper Over that dark, dim pile, where shall we be? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 Of course he came a cropper and broke his back. Round the World in Seven Days I came an awful cropper at that ugly hedge, to be sure, and your red horse went over me like a blaze of lightning! The Baronet's Bride Part of the game is to all fall down together and pretend we've come croppers. The Younger Set The "cropper" is barely a step advanced above the laborer, for he, too, furnishes nothing but labor, while the landlord supplies house, tools, live stock, and seed. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making You might more or less forsake him when all was going well, and yet want to stick to him through thick and thin if he came a cropper. The Street Called Straight The first of these was when he watched a man riding horseback in a reckless fashion; he predicted that the man would come a cropper, and he did so. Mince Pie "You are playing the fool, and you'll come an awful cropper," I went on. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The bright young barrister who can't get a brief takes to literature as a calling, just as the man who has 'gone a cropper' in the army takes to the wine-trade. Some Private Views For Hares to raise scares 'midst the Hounds were improper, But how if the pack come a general cropper? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 At this game Who would be a stopper Just because he came Now and then a cropper? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 27, 1890 Why he only had two stumbles, and one cropper, doing his three hundred yards this morning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 Every ditch is of a competitor's making, dug craftily so that the clumsy-footed may come a cropper. Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock They had gone out from England to make their fortunes on the fields, but had come a cropper like himself, and were discussing what they’d do next. The Moon Rock The illustration shows one of the spiral croppers in the upper part of the machine in Fig. The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth This cabin was in better repair and larger than the other two cabins and the hardest thing to do was to get a tenant or negro cropper to take this cabin. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives As they refresh themselves there is a ceaseless hum of conversation, how so-and-so came a cropper, how another went at the brook in style, or how some poor horse got staked and was mercifully shot. Hodge and His Masters What use the Crowns of Europe coming croppers If we are still to be the slaves of 'toppers'? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 He was the Negro man come to show Patsy's husband and his share cropper where I was at. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 This view illustrates a double cropper in which both the spirals are controlled by one belt. The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth Everything went along beautifully until time came to House the tobacco and not a negro cropper would use this barn for his tobacco. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives And stringy snares across the stairs cause unexpected croppers. Songs of a Savoyard I came a cropper down Multiflores Canyon where it is so steep that it leans the other way. Her Father's Daughter He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. The Mysterious Affair at Styles I used to have a billet at Coxon & Woodhouse's, of Draper's Gardens, but they were let in early in the spring through the Venezuelan loan, as no doubt you remember, and came a nasty cropper. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes His share was always so large that the cropper remained permanently in his debt. The Black Experience in America "Well, well: it's a pity she didn't go back before Beaufort's cropper," he repeated. The Age of Innocence He'll come a cropper one of these days, if you ask me. Ann Veronica, a modern love story He had come some awful croppers during the last ten years. The Shuttle Samson's horse put his foot in a hole, and the cropper they both got gave the band a long start, as it became a stern chase, and no heading off. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Above the croppers come the great mass of the black population who work the land on their own responsibility, paying rent in cotton and supported by the crop-mortgage system. The Souls of Black Folk He wondered why he had come such a cropper. Of Human Bondage I began on the next verse viciously, and came a cropper over the clash of two sibilants, as the distant clamour increased. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking I came on her here when she had ridden her horse half to death and they had both come a cropper. The Shuttle Books and theories are all right, but there are times when a man comes a cropper on them. Michael O'Halloran The change from cropper to tenant was accomplished by fixing the rent. The Souls of Black Folk He did not know that he had ever done anything but what seemed best to do, and what a cropper he had come! Of Human Bondage You have come a cropper—a bad one. The Leopard Woman That's the worst of walking carefully all your days: you do come such an awful cropper when you do come one. The Incomplete Amorist And now it seemed I had come a cropper. Ruggles of Red Gap The croppers are entirely without capital, even in the limited sense of food or money to keep them from seed-time to harvest. The Souls of Black Folk Physically I think he's all right; it seems he galloped something under forty miles with Porter before he came a cropper. Thoroughbreds Better the cropper than pass one's life looking over the top rail and envying the fellow that had cleared it; but what's this? here's a letter here: it got in amongst the newspapers. Lord Kilgobbin If you had appreciated me as I deserved, when you came that cropper you wouldn't have called on me to say good-bye. The Mischief Maker Luke, old friend," Ned said earnestly, putting his hand on the cropper's shoulder, "don't be angry with Polly, she has done me a great service. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots I went a frightful cropper on some stones in the middle of a clump of bushes. With Moore at Corunna And he talked all the rest of the dinner of his croppers. Manners and Social Usages "Are you sure you want to run the risk of an ugly cropper, Matt?" The Deluge Could he not divine it in her undivided attention, the quick, amused flicker of recognition animating her beautiful face when he had turned a particularly successful phrase or taken a verbal hurdle without a cropper? The Fighting Chance As Abijah Wolf had said, the croppers of the West Riding were a rough set. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots He arrived in camp, none the worse for a well-developed "cropper;" his dromedary had put its foot in a hole, and had fallen with a suddenness generally unknown to the cameline race. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 She must have a groom, an English habit, a carefully-considered outfit, and she must be a perfect and a fearless horsewoman, and not mind a "cropper." Manners and Social Usages Apart from that, you seem, for so intelligent a man, to have wasted a good deal of your time and to have come, what we should call in English, a cropper. The Cinema Murder Consequently, Frank was able to veer aside and skim past the dangerous obstruction without coming a "cropper" in the ditch. The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club The younger men for the most part worked as croppers in the factories in Marsden. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots Fletcher had come a nasty cropper, and reaped what, sooner or later, is the inevitable reward of double-dealing. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs When you start out to do a thing, keep your attention fixed on what you are doing, and do not let it wander off to other things, otherwise you may come a cropper. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns She began to wonder very much what was the matter with Rupert, and guessed that he had "come an awful cropper" of some kind. December Love He's never taken a cropper in his life. The Little Lady of the Big House Well, they say that no cropper is in the place of punishment. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots Stacy, fortunately was ahead, else he too might have come a cropper. The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks Or, the Secret of Ruby Mountain If Booth's memory served him right, the fellow came a cropper, so to speak, in trying to ride rough shod over public opinion, and went to the dogs. The Hollow of Her Hand It must certainly be an exceptional cropper to cloud his spirit. December Love Sometimes I have encountered what, in hunting language, we call a cropper. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Three croppers, Mellor, Thorpe and Smith, were denounced and brought to trial. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots Don't you see this, my lads; when you start playing antics with me you're playing a fool's game, an' you're bound to come a cropper. Many Cargoes "No. It was some one else who came the cropper—I only dealt in results." The Masquerader It occurred to him that he would "be coming a cropper rather," were he to marry Melmotte's daughter for her money, and then find that she had got none. The Way We Live Now That type is not by any means always female, but the women are the most determined on their course, and come the biggest croppers on occasion. The Ivory Trail It beat us altogether, and you never see a lot of croppers so quiet and orderly as we war as we went up to t' village. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots "He'll be redheaded if he knows I am to blame for his coming a cropper." The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Why, the end of all stupid people who, instead of going through life with a lot of delightfully human stumbles, come just one big cropper. The Masquerader There would be no "cropper" which a man could "come" so bad as would be his cropper were he to marry Marie Melmotte, and then find that he was not to have a shilling! The Way We Live Now I say," said the Lieutenant, lowering his voice, "I nearly came a cropper when I spoke of that Russian affair before your friend. A Rock in the Baltic They are mostly croppers, and rightly or wrongly—rightly, I am afraid—they have the reputation of being the most drunken and quarrelsome lot in Yorkshire. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots A lot of men, in my line and in others, have come a cropper in their careers, because of some woman. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Them I-talian fellers is a bad lot; and I shouldn't wonder if he'd took off the child to learn her to play a tambourine, and go round picking up croppers for him. Outpost If "he came a cropper" in this matter, it would be such an awful cropper! The Way We Live Now It is the fact that we are always colliding with something, always coming unpleasant croppers, that is the exciting thing. Escape, and Other Essays Some of the croppers were drilling on the moor, and the boy had been placed as sentry. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots I hear of fellows who have tried business, and come shocking croppers. Will Warburton He came with us cutting-out, and Betty was too good for him, swinging round, so he came a lovely cropper into some wild raspberries. Mates at Billabong He ran blundering down the hall, tangled his feet in the fragments of the broken chair, and came sprawling a thundering cropper, which knocked every breath of wind out of his capacious body. Arsene Lupin Why didn't I come a cropper over any of them? The Rosary I know the croppers, for there were a score of them in my village, and a rough, wild lot they were. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots Talking to his father he could not quite venture to ask what might happen if he were to "come a cropper." The Duke's Children "You deserve to break the King's back over the first cropper," laughed the Seraph. Under Two Flags I don't know about his reputation, but he'll come a cropper if he tries that sort of thing.' The Light That Failed I have come one or two awful croppers, and I promised Miss Gray—The path is wide. The Rosary The weavers were affected even more than the croppers, for strength and skill were not so needed to tend the power looms as to work the hand looms. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots His voice was a sort of stutter-the sort of shaken stutter of a man who has come a' tumbling cropper. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Over he went backwards, a most imperial cropper. The Ivory Child As I did so he arrived full tilt, knocked my friendly ant-heap flat, and for the third time that day went a most magnificent cropper. Maiwa's Revenge Never had any illusion of mine taken a more distressing cropper. The Mutiny of the Elsinore They cry or they come some mental or physical cropper and hurt themselves, or they do something distressingly little and human and suddenly I find they've GOT me. Secret Places of the Heart “Either I lift him over or I take a cropper.” Michael, Brother of Jerry It's when we don't allow for what the scientist folk call a margin of error that we come our croppers. The Breaking Point "The fact, man, the irrefragable fact!" he would proclaim triumphantly, when he had brought one of them a cropper. The Iron Heel Then he remembered the accounts of Berande, and the cropper that was coming, and scowled. Adventure I may perhaps mention here that very recently I had come an ugly cropper in certain business enterprises. The First Men in the Moon |
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