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Definition of Cropful
1. a. Having a full crop or belly; satiated.
Definition of Cropful
1. Adjective. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cropful
1. as much as a bird's crop can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cropful
Literary usage of Cropful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1850)
"... and you afterwards insinuated that the agriculturists of the country, who had
been trained and bred up to their profession, were cropful of ..."
2. The Speaker by William Enfield (1808)
"... at the fire his hairy strength, And cropful t>ut of doors he flings, Ere the
first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, ..."
3. Spare Hours by John Brown (1866)
"And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength,
And cropful out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. ..."
4. Johnson's Dictionary by Samuel Johnson, John Walker (1836)
"the harvest, produce ; a bird's «raw. Crop, krop. va to lop, cat short ; to mow,
to reap. cropful, krop'-f&l. a. quite lull, satisfied, crammed. ..."
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