sharecrop
[ shair-krop ]
verb (used with or without object),share·cropped, share·crop·ping.
to farm as a sharecropper.
Origin of sharecrop
11865–70, Americanism; back formation from sharecropper
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How to use sharecrop in a sentence
Me and my sister sharecropped and made seven bales of cotton in one year.
Her and her husband farmed for a living—you know, sharecropped.
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British Dictionary definitions for sharecrop
sharecrop
/ (ˈʃɛəˌkrɒp) /
verb-crops, -cropping or -cropped
mainly US to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
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