Associations to the word «Sharecropper»

Wiktionary

SHARECROPPER, noun. A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent. One who sharecrops.

Dictionary definition

SHARECROPPER, noun. Small farmers and tenants.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats