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sharecropping

noun

sharecropping

noun

Etymology From share + cropping.

1

The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops.

  • Slim came from sharecropping stock, his people farmed land but never owned it2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 363:
Derived terms
digital sharecropping
Related terms
sharecrop, sharecropper

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