Complex sentence: Croppy, sometimes alternatively spelt croppie, was a derogatory nickname given to Irish rebels at and after the 1798 rebellion, a reference to people with closely cropped hair, a fashion also associated with the anti-aristocrat (and therefore, anti-wig) French revolutionaries.
Split into simpler sentences: Croppy, sometimes alternatively spelt croppie, was a derogatory nickname given to Irish rebels during the period of the 1798 rebellion. It was a reference to people with closely cropped hair, a fashion which was associated with the anti-aristocrat (and therefore, anti-wig) French revolutionaries.