heathcropper

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noun

A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.

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Meanings

nounheathcropper (plural heathcroppers)

plural heathcroppers

  1. archaicslangA farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.

    Would fly about our bedrooms. Heathcroppers / Lived on the hills, and were our only friends: /

    1916, Thomas Hardy, Domicilium

Origin

From heath + cropper.

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APA

heathcropper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heathcropper

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“heathcropper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heathcropper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heathcropper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heathcropper.

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