heathcropper

noun

Etymology

From heath + cropper.

  1. inherited from *grewb-
  2. inherited from *kruppaz
  3. inherited from *kropp
  4. inherited from cropp
  5. inherited from crop
  6. suffixed as cropper — “crop + er
  7. compounded as heathcropper — “heath + cropper

Definitions

  1. A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly…

    A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.

    • Would fly about our bedrooms. Heathcroppers / Lived on the hills, and were our only friends: /

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