ˈcroppie U.S.
Also croppy.
[App. f. F. dial. crape or LG. krape.]
Any of several North American freshwater fishes (see quot. 1889). Cf. crappie.
| 1856 Spirit of Times 20 Sept. 43/1 Rock and black bass, croppy, and the common sunfish. 1889 Farmer Americanisms, Croppie, a local name for a species of green bass found in Lake Minnetonka. 1892 Gentlewoman's Bk. Sports I. 73 We caught bass, croppie, sun perch and pickerel. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 18 A fisherman..holding up a string of croppies. |