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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COR-CRE |
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CRACKER (from " crack," a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. krachen, Dutch kraken, meaning to break with a sharp sound) , that which " cracks "; it is, therefore, applied (I) to a firework so constructed that it explodes with several reports and jumps at each explosion, when placed on the ground (see FIREWORKS); (2) to a roll of coloured and ornamented paper containing sweets, small articles of cheap jewelry , paper caps and other trifles, together with a strip of card with a fulminant which explodes with a " crack " on being pulled; (3) to a thin crisp biscuit (q.v.); in America the general name for a biscuit. In the southern states of America, " cracker
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