Finnish

Noun

torppari

1. (archaic) A tenant of a farm who paid his rent by working for the landlord, and earned his own living mainly from the rented land, a cotter.
2. A sharecropper.
3. (figuratively, ironic) By extension, any person who is in a long-term relation in which he/she feels that the best part of his work goes to the benefit of someone else.

   pankin torppari = a holder of a large mortgage

Declension

See also

• mäkitupalainen