croppy

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  1. A person whose ears have been cut off, as formerly for treason. [Eng.]
  2. One whose hair is cropped, or cut close to the head. Specifically— In former use, an Irish rebel. [Eng.] They sent up the hillside three shouts over the demolition of the croppy's dwelling. Banim. Wearing the hair short and without powder was, at this time, considered a mark of French principles. Hair so worn was called a “crop.” Hence Lord Melbourne's phrase “crop imitating wig” (Poetry of Antijacobiu. p. 41). This is the origin of croppies as applied to the Irish rebels of 1798. Sir G. C. Lewis, Letters, p. 410.
  3. One who has had his hair cropped in prison. [Slang.]
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