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croppie

noun
/ˈkɹɑpi/US/ˈkɹɒpi/UK

Etymology

From crop + -ie.

  1. inherited from *grewb-✻
  2. inherited from *kruppaz✻
  3. inherited from *kropp✻
  4. inherited from cropp
  5. inherited from crop
  6. suffixed as croppie — “crop + ie”

Definitions

  1. A crop circle enthusiast who believes in the paranormal origin of crop circles.

  2. The crappie, a food fish.

    • "Bexar" is correct as to the black bass, croppie and wide-mouthed perch, all of which are very abundant in Texas waters, but whether the ...
    • "Our Croppie," the greatest pan-fish of the West, is highly esteemed by us for the table. We have seen a monster Croppie this spring, weighing over three pounds, taken at Murdock Club Lake, near St. Louis, on the Illinois […]

  3. Alternative form of croppy (“Irish republican rebel”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA