DCHP-3

cracker

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Slang

anything extraordinary; a crackerjack.

Quotations

1890
I'm clean gone on that fly head-gear of yours. She's a cracker.
1922
"Tis the land of the gales, sir," said Salty Bill. "In the last nine days you has been gone but one day come clear. In the cracker last night, rifle shots woke me. 'Twas the big provision tent strippin' to pieces. . . ."
2n.

the lash of a dog-whip, which can be made to crack like a pistol shot.

Quotations

1896
The cracker is 11.5 inches long of three-ply twisted babiche.