sharecropper
pronunciation
How to pronounce sharecropper in British English:
UK [ˈʃeəkrɒpə(r)]
How to pronounce sharecropper in American English:
US [ˈʃerkrɑpər]
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- Noun:
- small farmers and tenants
Word Origin
- sharecropper (n.)
- also share-cropper, 1887, in a U.S. Southern context; from share + agent noun from crop (v.). Share-crop system attested from 1871. As a verb, share-crop is recorded by 1867. Sharecropping attested by 1936.
Example
- 1. The us could end up with a " sharecropper economy , " where americans largely work for foreign-owned firms .
- 2. $ 200is Taken away from an industrial tycoon and given to a poor sharecropper .
- 3. James , a sharecropper 's son , was studying airplane hydraulics . Michael was the fourth of five children born to the jordans . He has two older brothers and an older and younger sister .
- 4. He wanted to own her as wildly as a miser wants to own gold coins , as hungrily as a sharecropper wants to own his own land .
- 5. But it was he , the sharecropper 's son , who had felt the sharper edge of segregation , " the animosity , hatred , bigotry , you name it " . He punched his bag at home because the town playgrounds were closed to him .