CRACKER-BARREL

PRONUNCIATION: (KRAK-uhr bar-uhl)

MEANING: adjective: Plain, rustic, homespun, direct, or unsophisticated.

ETYMOLOGY: From cracker (wafer), from crack, from Old English cracian (to resound) + barrel, from Old French baril, from Latin barriclus (small cask). Also see pork barrel and double-barreled. Earliest documented use: 1877.
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CRANKER-BARREL - how the gasoline-air mixture gets from the carburetor into the cylinders of your Model T

CRACKLER BARREL - a whole lot of bubble-wrap

CRACKER-BARRED - no Ritz saltines permitted