Green’s Dictionary of Slang

crop v.

[? dial. crop, the stomach; thus image of anger causing a pain in the stomach]

1. to annoy, to irritate.

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[UK]Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 74/1: There was nothing cropped Joe so much as having his boots in a soiled state.

2. as crop me! an excl. of annoyance.

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[UK]Foote The Minor 44: Crop me, but this Squintum has turn’d her head.