Lexicographical Neighbors of Croppy
Literary usage of Croppy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"THE croppy BOY A BALLAD OF '98 ' GOOD men and true ! in this house who dwell, To
a stranger bouchal, I pray you tell Is the Priest at home ? or may he be ..."
2. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1828)
"The croppy ; a Tale of 1798. By the Authors of the O'Hara Tales, &c. In 3 vols.
London. 1828. remark that, as society advances in refinement, ..."
3. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"From 'The croppy.' After the great mass of the insurgents abandoned their position
on Vinegar Hill to advance upon Wexford (which, as we have seen, ..."
4. The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics by Charles Welsh (1907)
"... THE croppy BOY " /—*OOD men and true ! in this house who dwell. IT To a stranger
bouchal, I pray you tell Is the Priest at home ? or may he be seen ? ..."
5. An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that by Francis Plowden (1806)
"The term croppy was adopted to signify a revolutionist, or an enemy to the
established government. Persons of malevolent minds took advantage of these ..."
6. The Sham Squire: And the Informers of 1790. With Jottings about Ireland by William John Fitzpatrick (1872)
"... LUKE CULLEN—croppy BIDDY. IN the first edition of the Sham Squire it was
stated, at page 302, that " Mr. Luke Cullen, a Monk of the Monastery of Mount ..."
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