cracker-boxn.

Etymology: cracker n. 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracker-box.

U.S.

A biscuit-box. Also attributive and figurative (cf. cracker-barrel n.).

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

1857 Harper's Mag. July 149/1 Their instruments consisted of a couple of drums..and a Boston tin cracker-box.

1868 M. I. Carrington Absaraka 101 Our attention was called to two small pieces of cracker-box planted by the roadside.

1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 116 The rest of the boys were scribbling away for dear life, with drum-heads and knapsacks and cracker-boxes for writing desks.

1890 Harper's Mag. June 142/1 A mouldy cheese,..some cracker boxes, and a case with a glass top.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxv. 237 Entering, he would nod briefly and seat himself on a cracker-box.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 230 Republican cracker-box orators were trying somehow to make capital of the thing.

1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xxii. 231 With his..alternations between inspiring religious eloquence and the crackerbox vernacular of the backwoods, he seemed outspoken.

1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) i. 15 Mother tore the partitions out of the crackerbox house.

1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xiv. 159 He heard barnyard imitations by Jim Turner on the fiddle and Billy Nichols on the crackerbox.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cracker-box
释义	cracker-boxn. Etymology: cracker n. 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracker-box. U.S. A biscuit-box. Also attributive and figurative (cf. cracker-barrel n.). 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 1857 Harper's Mag. July 149/1 Their instruments consisted of a couple of drums..and a Boston tin cracker-box. 1868 M. I. Carrington Absaraka 101 Our attention was called to two small pieces of cracker-box planted by the roadside. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 116 The rest of the boys were scribbling away for dear life, with drum-heads and knapsacks and cracker-boxes for writing desks. 1890 Harper's Mag. June 142/1 A mouldy cheese,..some cracker boxes, and a case with a glass top. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxv. 237 Entering, he would nod briefly and seat himself on a cracker-box. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 230 Republican cracker-box orators were trying somehow to make capital of the thing. 1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xxii. 231 With his..alternations between inspiring religious eloquence and the crackerbox vernacular of the backwoods, he seemed outspoken. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) i. 15 Mother tore the partitions out of the crackerbox house. 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xiv. 159 He heard barnyard imitations by Jim Turner on the fiddle and Billy Nichols on the crackerbox. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1857
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