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Come A Cropper

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...
20:26 Tue 20th May 20082 answers, last by ELVIS68 00:36 Wed 21st May 2008

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