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1n. — Nfld and Maritimes
any small, yapping dog, so-called by reason of its bark.
Quotations
<i>c</i>1928
There was . . . / Pig's feet, cat's meat, dumplings boiled in a sheet, / Dandelions and crackies' teeth at the Kelligrew's Soiree.
1895
Cracky--A small hybrid dog. 1895 E.Canada, N.B., N.S., Newfoundland 1921.
1959
[Nfld] Figures of Speech [include] . . . Saucy as a crackie. . . .
2n.
an Indian hunting dog.
See: bear dog
Quotations
1933
They [huskies] have none of the instinctive intelligence of the little Indian "cracky" dogs that look so small and useless, and are so valuable to a hunter.
1956
. . . the yip-yi-yipping of a dozen "crackies," the small Indian hunting dogs tethered along the edge of the plateau.