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cracker-barrel
crack·er-bar·rel (krăk′ər-băr′əl)adj. Resembling or characteristic of the extended informal discussions carried on by persons habitually assembled at a country store: cracker-barrel philosophy.
[After the cracker barrels that people supposedly would gather around for conversation in old-time general stores.]cracker-barrel adj US rural; rustic; homespun: a cracker-barrel philosopher. crack′er-bar`rel
adj. suggesting the rustic informality of a country store: cracker-barrel philosophers. [1875–80, Amer.] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | cracker-barrel - characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"folksy, homespunrural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
cracker-barrel
Synonyms for cracker-barreladj characteristic of country lifeSynonymsRelated Words |