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cracker-barrel definition

cracker-barrel (-bar′əl)

adjective

Informal designating or typical of the informal discussions on all subjects by persons gathered at a country store a cracker-barrel philosopher

Etymology: < the large barrel of soda crackers formerly found in general stores

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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