neck and crop

English

Etymology

Uncertain, but crop may refer to the backside of a horse, so that a horse that fell neck and crop had both its neck and backside hit the ground.

Adverb

neck and crop

1. (obsolete) completely and with violence

   She turned him neck and crop out of the house.

Translations

completely and with violence

Dutch: met kop en kont (nl)

See also

• come a cropper

References

• "Come a cropper" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.