Definition of Cracker

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Cracker

One who, or that which, cracks.

A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.

A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.

A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.

The pintail duck.

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

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Cracker Quotations

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
William Tecumseh Sherman

If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.
Dave Van Ronk

We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me.
Robert Carlyle

We made 16 episodes of Cracker and I loved doing the show, but unfortunately no one was watching us.
Josh Hartnett

Cracker Translations

cracker in German is Knacker (in fremdes System)
cracker in Spanish is galleta salada

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