sharecropped

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Definition of sharecropped in English English dictionary

Related Terms

sharecrop

To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land

sharecrop

{f} farm land as a sharecropper

Hyphenation

share·cropped

Etymology

[ 'sher-"kräp, 'shar- ] (verb.) circa 1930. back-formation from sharecropper.