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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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Nearby words

corn stack, corn sugar, corn syrup, corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn-cracker, corn-leaf aphid, corn-picker, corn-pone, corn-root aphid, corn.

Origin of corn-cracker

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; corn1 + cracker

Usage note

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.
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