neck and crop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Bodily (and with force); completely, altogether.

Word forms

neck and crop

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.

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