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Come A Cropper
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Anyone know the origin of the phrase
'to come a cropper' (meaning to fall heavily, or generally come unstuck)?
So far, I've only come across the theory that it may come from allusion to a headlong 'neck and crop' fall - in horseracing that is.
Can anyone do better?
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'to come a cropper' (meaning to fall heavily, or generally come unstuck)?
So far, I've only come across the theory that it may come from allusion to a headlong 'neck and crop' fall - in horseracing that is.
Can anyone do better?
Cheers
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