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sharecropper

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share⋅crop⋅per

  [shair-krop-er]
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–noun
a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; share 1 + cropper
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share·crop·per   (shâr'krŏp'ər)   
n.  A tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops raised to the landlord in lieu of rent.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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