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share·crop

(shâr′krŏp′)

v. share·cropped, share·crop·ping, share·crops

v.intr.

To work as a sharecropper.

v.tr.

To work (land) or grow (crops) as a sharecropper.

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sharecropping

(ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpɪŋ)

(Agriculture) US the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper

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sharecropping

[ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpɪŋ] N (esp US) → aparcería f

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