To emerge or occur incidentally or unexpectedly
The word crop has several meanings. As a noun it is a swelling on the body, or any rounded or swollen item, for example a bird's gullet, the seed head of a ripe plant or the the rear end of a horse. As a verb it means 'to cut the top or sides off' or 'to gather in' (as in cereal crops). A less well-known meaning is 'to protrude from the earth's surface'.
The context of early printed examples of the term 'crop up' doesn't help us decipher whether that 'crop' is an allusion to the growth of crops or to the 'swollen' meaning. That is because the things that were first said to have 'cropped up' were rounded items which protruded from the ground, i.e. rocks.
The word crop has several meanings. As a noun it is a swelling on the body, or any rounded or swollen item, for example a bird's gullet, the seed head of a ripe plant or the the rear end of a horse. As a verb it means 'to cut the top or sides off' or 'to gather in' (as in cereal crops). A less well-known meaning is 'to protrude from the earth's surface'.
The context of early printed examples of the term 'crop up' doesn't help us decipher whether that 'crop' is an allusion to the growth of crops or to the 'swollen' meaning. That is because the things that were first said to have 'cropped up' were rounded items which protruded from the ground, i.e. rocks.
"Grey-wacke, and slaty limestone, conformably stratified, crop up above the ocean in the Booming isles to the north."
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When your balls and scrotum are ravaged, sore and swollen from being pleasurably whipped with a riding crop during a spirited session of derby balls.
My sack is so sore. I have crop balls.
My mistress gave me crop balls and it hurts so good.
Doctor: I’m a little concerned about your scrotum. How long has it been this swollen and enlarged? We need to do some tests.
Patient: No need doc. It’s just crop balls. They were whipped good last night.
Doctor: This is my third case of Derby Balls this week. I should have known.
My mistress gave me crop balls and it hurts so good.
Doctor: I’m a little concerned about your scrotum. How long has it been this swollen and enlarged? We need to do some tests.
Patient: No need doc. It’s just crop balls. They were whipped good last night.
Doctor: This is my third case of Derby Balls this week. I should have known.
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Passing gas in a stealth manor, usually while walking through a crowd or a group, so that someone else gets blamed for the stench, or at the very least people besides the assailent must suffer it.
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