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crackerjack definition

☆ cracker·jack (krak′ər jak′)

adjective

Slang outstanding, as in skill or ability; excellent

Etymology: late 19th-c. slang: extension of crack, + jack (nickname)

noun

  1. Slang a person or thing of recognized excellence
  2. Cracker Jack

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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