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corn-cracker
[ kawrn-krak-er ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌkræk ər /
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noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.
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usage note for corn-cracker
This term is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting, being similar in connotation to redneck and hillbilly. Corn-cracker originally referred to a native of Kentucky or Georgia, but has come to apply broadly to any poor white person in the South. See also cracker.
Words nearby corn-cracker
corn circle, corncob, corncob pipe, corn cockle, corn color, corn-cracker, corn crake, corncrib, corn dodger, corn dog, corn dolly
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