Cracker-barrel Definition

krăkər-bărəl
adjective
Designating or typical of the informal discussions on all subjects by persons gathered at a country store.
A cracker-barrel philosopher.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
cracker-barrel
Plural:
cracker barrels

Origin of Cracker-barrel

  • After the cracker barrels that people supposedly would gather around for conversation in old-time general stores

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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