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单词 corn-cracker
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corn-cracker

[ kawrn-krak-er ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌkræk ər /

noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.

Origin of corn-cracker

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; corn1 + cracker

usage note for corn-cracker

This term is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting, being similar in connotation to redneck and hillbilly. Corn-cracker originally referred to a native of Kentucky or Georgia, but has come to apply broadly to any poor white person in the South. See also cracker.

Words nearby corn-cracker

corn circle, corncob, corncob pipe, corn cockle, corn color, corn-cracker, corn crake, corncrib, corn dodger, corn dog, corn dolly
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Example sentences from the Web for corn-cracker

  • The Colonel and I instinctively halted our horses, as the 'corn-cracker' stopped his.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
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