corn-cracker

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôrnkrak′ər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
corn-crack•er  (kôrnkrak′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Slang](disparaging and offensive).
  1. Slang Termsone of a poor class of white people in the southern U.S.;
    cracker.
  • corn1 + cracker 1825–35, American.

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