cracker-barreln.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracker-ˌbarrel.

Originally U.S.

A barrel containing crackers (sense 9); used attributively of a plain or unsophisticated outlook or point of view, or of a person with such a view or views.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for biscuits or crackers

biscuit sack1740

biscuit barrel1787

biscuit bag1837

cracker-box1857

cookie jar1871

cracker-barrel1877

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > unsophisticated

plainc1425

homelyc1426

homespun1590

brown bread1606

unsophisticate1607

simple1613

uncompounded1615

uncourtlike1659

unsophisticated1665

russet-coated1683

buff1792

unvarnished1827

rube1898

cracker-barrel1933

haimish1957

bakya1960

1877 Harper's Mag. Mar. 603/1 Down at the farther end of the room turning fragments out of a cracker barrel.

1905 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 15 Sept. 12 Dr. Hall..is not above sitting on a cracker barrel in a country grocery for a chat with old acquaintances.

1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 25 Aug. (1969) 61 In order that you may not sit on a cracker-barrel playing whist.

1933 J. T. Flynn God's Gold i. ii. 37 Politics, rum, riches, and religion—these were the favorite topics of American cracker-barrel debaters.

1938 Time 31 Oct. 26/3 On the air and in print the Burns character is that of a cracker-barrel philosopher.

1958 New Statesman 22 Feb. 244/3 The late Harold Ross..was always careful to keep the New Yorker ‘a family magazine’... It's always kept close to the cracker-barrel, and remains a bastion of the commonsense American virtues.

1961 John o' London's 16 Nov. 548/2 Endless cracker-barrel philosophising.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 76/5 Cracker-barrel Yankee wit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	cracker-barrel
释义	cracker-barreln. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracker-ˌbarrel. Originally U.S. A barrel containing crackers (sense 9); used attributively of a plain or unsophisticated outlook or point of view, or of a person with such a view or views. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for biscuits or crackers biscuit sack1740 biscuit barrel1787 biscuit bag1837 cracker-box1857 cookie jar1871 cracker-barrel1877 the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > unsophisticated plainc1425 homelyc1426 homespun1590 brown bread1606 unsophisticate1607 simple1613 uncompounded1615 uncourtlike1659 unsophisticated1665 russet-coated1683 buff1792 unvarnished1827 rube1898 cracker-barrel1933 haimish1957 bakya1960 1877 Harper's Mag. Mar. 603/1 Down at the farther end of the room turning fragments out of a cracker barrel. 1905 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 15 Sept. 12 Dr. Hall..is not above sitting on a cracker barrel in a country grocery for a chat with old acquaintances. 1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 25 Aug. (1969) 61 In order that you may not sit on a cracker-barrel playing whist. 1933 J. T. Flynn God's Gold i. ii. 37 Politics, rum, riches, and religion—these were the favorite topics of American cracker-barrel debaters. 1938 Time 31 Oct. 26/3 On the air and in print the Burns character is that of a cracker-barrel philosopher. 1958 New Statesman 22 Feb. 244/3 The late Harold Ross..was always careful to keep the New Yorker ‘a family magazine’... It's always kept close to the cracker-barrel, and remains a bastion of the commonsense American virtues. 1961 John o' London's 16 Nov. 548/2 Endless cracker-barrel philosophising. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 76/5 Cracker-barrel Yankee wit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1877
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