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neck and crop

adv

Etymology

Uncertain, but crop may refer to the backside of a horse, so that a horse that fell neck and crop had both its neck and backside hit the ground.

Definitions

  1. Bodily (and with force)

    Bodily (and with force); completely, altogether.

    • She turned him neck and crop out of the house.
    • "They turned her out into the street neck and crop."
    • "Don't you realise that he'll pick them up and throw them out of here, neck and crop--the whole crew, every man in the town, if necessary?"

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