cropper
/ˈkrɒpər/ nounDefinition
come a cropper › to fall over: The horse came a cropper at the first fence. › to fail in an embarrassing way, or to make an embarrassing mistake: He came a cropper because he'd forgotten to bring the notes for his speech.
(Definition of cropper noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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