As they refresh themselves there is a ceaseless hum of conversation, how so-and-so came a cropper, how another went at the brook in style, or how some poor horse got staked and was mercifully shot.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Then came a telephone call for me; Reason came a nasty cropper under Instinct's sudden leap.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
"Him come down cropper, I think," and he rubbed the back of his head and made grimaces which caused the others to laugh heartily.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman