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"croppie" Definition

  1. a person who has had his hair cut, or CROPPED, in prison. Formerly those who had been CROPPED (_i.e._, had their ears cut off and their noses slit) by the public executioner were called CROPPIES, then the Puritans received the reversion of the title.

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Position in the dictionary: 846 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: cross, cross cove and molisher, cross-buttock, cross-crib, cross., crossed, crow, crowsfeet, crug, crumbs
Previous words in the dictionary: cropper, cropped, crop up, crooky, crooked, crone, crocus, crocodiles’ tears, croaks, croaker

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