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cropful en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From crop + -ful.

Meanings

1. Having a full crop (belly); satiated.
   • Through the high wood echoing shrill: Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Sometime walking, not unseen, And cropful out of doors he slings a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:

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most cropful	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more cropful	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

cropful en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From crop + -ful.

Meanings

1. Enough to fill the crop of a bird.
   • They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast. 2000, Bernard Stonehouse, The Last Continent: Discovering Antarctica, page 105:

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cropfuls	Number=Plur		lexicographic