One who, or that which, cracks.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak.
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker.
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.
The pintail duck.
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.
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