"heathcropper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-heathcropper.ogg Forms: heathcroppers [plural]
Etymology: From heath + cropper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heath|cropper}} heath + cropper Head templates: {{en-noun}} heathcropper (plural heathcroppers)
  1. (slang, archaic) A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-heathcropper-en-noun-vsw96nX~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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