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What does "cracker" mean?

Cracker: A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker.
  2. 3.A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
  3. 4.A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.
  4. 5.(Zoöl.) The pintail duck.
  5. 6.pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

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